Answering The Call: 15 Black Women Leading The Fight For Voting Rights Protection
The Global Black Economic Forum and Election Protection are highlighting changemakers working to safeguard democracy ...
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Women’s History Month: From wash tubs to union halls
The spirit of resistance demonstrated by the Atlanta washerwomen set a precedent for future labor movements. In 1866, just a ...
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Black Women Are the Unsung Heroes of “Bloody Sunday” 60 Years Ago
They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.
When lesbians led the women’s suffrage movement
In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...
Rolling Out10h
Black women lead the fight for voter rights in 5 states
In a nation where voting rights face mounting challenges, a new campaign celebrates the Black women who stand at the ...
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The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an ...
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100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music
To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, ...
Celebrating Women's History Month: Trailblazing women who shaped the DMV
In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the trailblazing women activists and politicians who paved the way in ...
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How a Black Movement About Freedom Became a Movement About Welfare
Medicaid was supposed to be about health care support for "poor children, pregnant women, the elderly and ... spending has exploded. The Civil Rights Movement was about freedom and justice.