12 Aug Backbone – You Say? Why Not the Heart?
Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to represent California in the United States Senate, is yet another manifestation of the truth that Black women are the Democratic Party's beating heart. ...
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22 Mar A Radically Imagined Black Future
The Dance Mission Theater of San Francisco hosted a showcase that reckons with the 30 years between Rodney King and Breonna Taylor....
17 Jul Black Women: The Historic Electability Myth
Higher Heights CEO Glynda Carr reflects on the political power of Black women who deliver as voters but must swim through a deep sea of gender and racial bias to electability....
08 Jun A ‘Moment’ of Racial Healing
Who knew that the battle cry to “open up our country” would signal just that? A tsunami of action, bursting the seams of the nation in pursuit of change. ...
02 Aug Monuments to Harriet
A monument to the Great Harriet Tubman on the National Mall – you say? First, let’s support and honor the existing memorials for one of America’s greatest patriots. ...
07 Aug Open Letter From Black Women
Co-sign a petition with thousands of Black women who are denouncing attacks against Black women VP candidates. ...
15 Jun Paris – Where the Black Diaspora Meets
Julia Browne, historian and tour guide, takes us back to Paris as a meeting place for descendants of Africa scattered across the globe....
04 Aug The Politics of Ambition
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority President Glenda Glover issues a call to arms to her 300,000+ members and to all Black women outraged by attacks intended to erase us. ...
16 Feb Lucile Bluford – Recording History and Making It
Lucile Bluford made her mark as a journalist and opponent of segregation in the education system. Now she is immortalized as a branch of the Kansas City Public Library....
30 May Gwendolyn Brooks – Lioness with a Pen
Gwendolyn Brooks used the Windy City's breath to breathe life into poetry for decades to come. ...