Every day Black women confront a hidden tax. It does not appear on any form or line item, or debated in the same way as deductible expenses. It is paid daily, in burdens that are both visible and invisible.
For many of my Black Millennial cohorts, purchasing a home feels like a measure of pressure and pain. As we attempt to replicate the achievements of our parents or fulfill what they couldn’t accomplish.
The stadiums are full. The jerseys are selling out. The viewership numbers are climbing. Women's sports are no longer waiting in the wings—they are center stage.
Continuing The Tradition of Black Giving Letterhead
Black Women Voters Say America if Off Track
Callie House, a Tennessee laundress born into slavery, dared to demand pensions for her fellow washer women.
Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts, creator of more than a dozen books including essays, children’s books and collaborations, boldly affirms the concept in Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience and Restoration – a collection of 36 essays, birthed from her grief and trauma. Resistance, resilience and restoration are baked into our ancestral DNA. Those themes define and…
Black women have written themselves into history for centuries.