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Women's Clubs and the "Lost Cause"

Women's clubs were popular after the Civil War among white and Black women. But white clubwomen used their influence to ingrain racist curriculum in schools.

by Matthew Wills, Joan Marie Johnson via JSTOR Daily on August 24, 2020

Fannie Lou Hamer's Dauntless Fight for Black Americans' Right to Vote

The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights

by Keisha N. Blain via Smithsonian on August 20, 2020

Kamala Harris Isn’t the First Black Woman to Run for VP. Meet Charlotta Bass.

In 1952, the newspaper publisher and activist joined a long-shot bid by the Progressive Party, paving the way for politicians like Harris.

by Teo Armus via Washington Post on August 12, 2020

The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage

A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.

by Melissa Gira Grant via The New Republic on August 10, 2020

Why Did It Take So Long to Set Aunt Jemima Free?

PepsiCo’s move to end the racist brand comes shamefully late.

by Michele Norris via Washington Post on June 17, 2020

A nurse takes a patient's pulse in the influenza ward. Patient beds are divided by bedsheets. The nurse wears a swath of white fabric around her face.

Commemorating the Nurses of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Female nurses served their country domestically and abroad by caring for soliders striken by the influenza pandemic.

by Allison S. Finkelstein via Arlington National Cemetery on June 12, 2020

A mug shot of Linda Taylor

COVID-19 and Welfare Queens

Fears about “undeserving” people receiving public assistance have deep ties to racism and the policing of black women’s bodies.

by Scott Wasserman Stern via Boston Review on April 17, 2020

Illustration of a woman taping crime scene photos, reports, and newspaper articles to a wall.

The Hidden Life of Rosa Parks

A woman who repeatedly challenged racial violence and the prejudiced systems protecting its perpetrators.

by Riché Richardson via TED on April 10, 2020

Carrying Community: The Black Midwife’s Bag in the American South

Black midwives were central to community health networks in the South.

by Cara Delay via Nursing Clio on February 6, 2020

Rosa Parks on Police Brutality: The Speech We Never Heard

The Northern Student Movement considered inviting Rosa Parks to give a speech on police brutality, but ultimately decided against it.

by Say Burgin via Black Perspectives on January 23, 2020

It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.

by Mark Engler via The Nation on January 17, 2020

The Power of the Black Working Class

In order to understand America, we have to understand the struggles of the black working class.

by Keisha N. Blain, Joe William Trotter Jr. via Jacobin on December 4, 2019

Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed in World War I

An excerpt from ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I.

by Lisa M. Budreau via Smithsonian on November 8, 2019

Still from "Harriet" depicting Tubman holding a scared girl and pointing a shotgun.

What ‘Harriet’ Gets Right About Tubman

In the 1850s, abolitionists, including black women, fought for freedom by force.

by Kellie Carter Jackson via Made By History on November 1, 2019

The Hidden Story of Two African American Women

An historian discovers the portraits of two women all bound up in the pages of a 19th-century book.

by Martha S. Jones, Kate Clarke Lemay via The Conversation on September 9, 2019

The Black Woman Who Launched The Modern Fight For Reparations

Her grass-roots efforts shaped the conversation and presented a path forward.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Made By History on June 24, 2019

Inside the St. Louis Rent Strike of 1969

Led by African American women, the strike inspired legislation that affected the entire nation.

by Caitlin Lee, Clark Randall via Belt Magazine on June 4, 2019

How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal

An immersive story about the bold women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.

by Alicia Ault via Smithsonian on April 9, 2019

The Internationalist History of the US Suffrage Movement

What we miss when we tell the story of women's rights activism as a strictly national tale.

by Katherine M. Marino via National Park Service on March 28, 2019

Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Tiya Miles.

Talk of Souls in Slavery Studies

The co-winners of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize on researching slavery.

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Tiya Miles, Jim Knable via Medium on February 26, 2019

Josephine Baker: Dancer. Icon. Spy.

The Vaudeville star was at the height of her fame in Europe when WWII struck, and used her status for the allies.

by Bianca Xunise via The Nib on February 23, 2019

Why It’s Shocking to Look Back at Med School Yearbooks from Decades Ago

They offer jaw-dropping examples of the sexism and racism that shaped professional cultures.

by Elizabeth Evens via Made By History on February 7, 2019

The Experience That Taught Me Blackface and Klan Hoods Are Forms of Racial Terror

A childhood lesson in the backseat of a 1973 Mustang.

by Tanisha C. Ford via Tanisha C. Ford on February 6, 2019

Jonestown’s Victims Have a Lesson to Teach Us, So I Listened

In uncovering the blackness of Peoples Temple, I began to better understand my community and the need to belong.

by Jamilah King via Mother Jones on November 16, 2018

Catching Up to Pauli Murray

From today's vantage, the remarkable achievements of the writer and social justice activist are finally coming into focus.

by Drew Gilpin Faust via New York Review of Books on October 5, 2018

Edna Lewis in the kitchen.

The People of Freetown

Can renowned Southern chef and writer Edna Lewis' radical communist politics be parsed out by analyzing her cookbooks?

by Mayukh Sen via Popula on September 26, 2018

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin Was the Defining Voice of the 20th Century

No one else sang as well as her, and no other singer changed popular music as much as her.

by Jack Hamilton via Slate on August 16, 2018

Forgotten Feminisms: Johnnie Tillmon's Battle Against 'The Man'

Tillmon and other National Welfare Rights Organization members defied mainstream ideas of feminism in their fight for welfare.

by Judith Shulevitz via New York Review of Books on June 26, 2018

She Dared to Be Herself: Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy

She is remembered for being a "first," but it was her integrity, courageousness, and conviction that made her an icon.

by Shannon Wright, Whit Taylor via The Nib on June 18, 2018

Before Colin Kaepernick, There Was Eartha Kitt

How the entertainer was blacklisted for standing up to the President.

by Hilal Isler via Medium on June 6, 2018

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