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A new wave of Black women are leading the fight for the ERA
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack women in Congress — specifically Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — are...
Themes of women's suffrage and justice come to Lansing-area stages
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoAct I: MSU playwright’s work examines women’s rights Throughout the year, Williamston Theatre hosts...
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke wants Black women to continue centering themselves
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTarana Burke “REVOLT Black News Weekly” focused on Black women asserting themselves as a priority...
Monroe County history: Books focus on successes of Black families in Monroe and beyond
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen I last wrote about Ella Foster Auther, younger sister of Black women’s suffrage leader Myrtle...
The Perils and Promise of America's Third Reconstruction
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Illustration by Ajubel Studio for TIME W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps best known for introducing...
'Votes for women!' — 110 years ago marked the first time in California
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen demand the vote from George Washington on a vintage postcard from Patt Morrison's collection....
Omega men: Historic Black fraternity leaves lasting impact on central Pennsylvania
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo college juniors were walking across Howard University’s campus in 1911 in deep discussion about...
19 Rochester trailblazers to celebrate this Black History Month
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRochester is well-known for its ties to former slave, abolitionist and publisher Frederick Douglass,...
California considers giving inmates a right to vote
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“I think democracy thrives when everybody can participate,” says California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City). In February Bryan introduced a...
23 women who changed journalism forever from past to present
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile the fight for gender equality around the globe has made major strides, inequalities still...