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These three generations of Black women activists — Mary-Pat Hector, 26; Melanie Campbell, 61; Judy Richardson, 80 — use different tactics and strategies, but all work to register communities ...
Black women campaigned to get more voters of colors to show up at the polls and help Kamala Harris make history. They mourn the loss of her bid. Black women activists grieve Harris' loss, but vow ...
Anna J. Cooper, civil and women's rights activist, author, educator, sociologist, scholar [11] John Anthony Copeland Jr., abolitionist; Patrisse Cullors, civil rights activist, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement [12] [13] [14] Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate
Another organization, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), was founded in 1935 by civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune and was more involved in Black political matters with the aim to improve the quality of life for Black women and their families. NCNW still exists today as a non-profit organization reaching out through research ...
Columnist Suzette Hackney talked to Black women around the country about how they're recovering from the 2024 election and planning for the future.
Alzira Rufino (born 1949) – feminist, part of both the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement; Heleieth Saffioti (1934–2010) – feminist activist and sociology professor; Miêtta Santiago (1903–1995) – suffragist, feminit activist, writer and poet; Viviane Senna (born 1957) – president of the Instituto Ayrton Senna
ST. LOUIS ‒ They feed the hungry. They counter violence and racial injustice. They fight for criminal justice reform and against book bans. And this week, more than 4,200 of them came together ...
Studies note that the relationship between womanism and the civil rights movement manifests itself in womanism's role in including Black female activists acting as participants and leaders. Encompassing the Black woman's loyalty to the community and the community's consequential dependence on the African American woman, author Tiyi Makeda ...