30 Apr Malcolm and Betty’s Third Child
The emergence of young Malcolm X is told through the eyes of a daughter – just two years old when he was assassinated – determined to preserve Malcolm’s truth....
Black Women Tag
01 Feb The Queen of Hollywood
"I've done my best" was the final line of Cicely Tyson's 50-year Hollywood reign. On her own terms, the curtains closed with style, honor and grace. ...
28 Mar The Power Of The Sister Vote
The stunning upset in Georgia was met with the swift enactment of voter restrictions that mirror the Jim Crow era. But, Black women on the ground are fighting back, confident they won’t be stopped....
08 Jan Sisters-in-Service: The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs 125-Year Legacy
Over a century before Black women sent one of their own to the Vice Presidency, their foremothers gathered in numbers before unseen to harness their collective power and fight for the rights of all. ...
28 Mar Reimagined Democracy through a Fearless Truthteller
Who was the first Black woman to be tapped as a vice presidential candidate? It's not who you think. Charlotta Bass paved the way in 1952 as the VP candidate on the Progressive Party ticket. ...
21 Jan Dickey Made Black Women Feel Seen
Diane McKinney-Whetstone remembers novelist Eric Jerome Dickey who understood Black womanhood....
18 Feb Movement Song
Do not remember me as a bridge nor a roof / as the maker of legends / nor as a trap...
22 Jan A Banquet of Words and Wisdom
Two Spelman College BFFs for 50+ years serve a virtual feast of essays on struggles, triumphs, reverence and awe. ...
29 Dec Say Her Name: Dr. Susan Moore
In what became a dying declaration Dr. Susan Moore warned, “I put forth and I maintain: If I was White, I wouldn’t have to go through that.”...
15 Dec Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is the Force Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine
"I felt like it was necessary to be seen and to not be a hidden figure...