Reimagining the Power of Suffrage
Gwen McKinney's guest Op-Ed on OWN traces the history of the role of Black women in the women's suffrage movement.
Article Category: Just Saying
We Are Black Women
The term “WOC” negates racial identity in the service of racial unity and it obscures specific barriers facing Black women. It blends multiethnicities into a recipe of erasure.
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.
Open Letter From Black Women
Co-sign a petition with thousands of Black women who are denouncing attacks against Black women VP candidates.
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.
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.
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.
Beah Richards – Verses From an Unsung Centennial
We mark the centennial of Emmy and Tony Award winning Beah Richard's birth.
Surviving COVID ~ Life After Death
Melanie Campbell could not be stopped. Fighting to uplift the power of Black women's voices, nothing slowed her down until COVID-19 came to her door.
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.