black women
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Tubman Descendants Commit to Fighting Illiteracy
Harriet Tubman counts among several figures mentioned and venerated during Black History Month, not only for her more than a…
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Ella Josephine Baker: A Suffrage Champion and True Civil Rights Icon
The Speaking While Female Speech Bank, the first online collection of women's speech from across time and around the world,…
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Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician of ‘Hidden Figures’ Fame, Dies at 101
Katherine Johnson, a Black mathematician and one of the inspirations for the hit movie "Hidden Figures," died Monday. She was…
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‘Black Woman’ Book Fetes Extraordinary Female Achievements
When opening my copy of "A Black Woman Did That" by Malaika Adero, I wanted to see if there were…
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Frances ‘Fannie’ Barrier Williams a Champion for Women’s Suffrage, African Americans
France "Fannie" Barrier Williams possessed such oratory skills that even her white peers of the women's suffrage movement could not…
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Ida B. Wells’ Brave Speech on Lynching During Suffrage Movement
On Feb. 13, 1893, Wells delivered a scathing rebuke of lynching in front of a mostly white and angry audience…
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Redskins Hire Jennifer King as Full-Year Coaching Intern
The Washington Redskins has hired Jennifer King to a full-year coaching internship, making her the first full-time African American female…
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Professor’s Book Chronicles Struggles, Heroics of Black Women of the Suffrage Movement
As the centennial anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States approaches, talk…
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Remembering Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, an Educator of Black Women Suffrage
Perhaps no one has done as much research and educating the masses about the history of Black women in the…
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McKINNEY: Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
Can we unpack the significance of suffrage and inclusive democracy for Black women?
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