Posts Tagged ‘Black Women’
Vigil for Dr. Janell Green Smith highlights national crisis in Black maternal health care
The certified nurse midwife who fought for Black maternal healthcare died days after giving birth to her first child according to the obituary.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: Without Fear by Keisha N. Blain
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s March’s Book of the Month: Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights by Keisha N. Blain. We invite you to join us on March 28 at 1:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book at America’s Black Holocaust Museum or virtually via Zoom.
Read MoreBetty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104
Soskin, who spent her life advocating for others and worked as a park ranger until she was 100, has passed.
Read MoreTheaster Gates is building a monument to Black women at the Obama Presidential Center
The artist has been commissioned for a friezed in the building’s atrium that wll be visible from Stony Island Avenue.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: Well-Read Black Girl
We invite you to join us on December 17th at the museum with other ABHM Book Club participants for a book exchange followed by a discussion of the Well-Read Black Girl anthology. The book exchange will begin at 4 PM CT. Please bring with you at least one book you would like to pass along to someone else, and you will receive at least one in return! Books by Black authors or about the themes related to ABHM Book Club’s mission are encouraged.
Read MoreFrom Fani Willis to Letitia James, Trump’s Enemies List Targets Black Women Prosecutors
New York Attorney General Letitia James joins District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s sight.
Read MoreBlack Women Said We’d Sit ‘No Kings’ Protest Out, But I Couldn’t
Alexanderia Haidara explains how she was compelled to join millions of protestors despite vowing to stay home after the presidential election.
Read MoreBlack Women Face Record Job Losses Under Trump
After last year’s surge in Black unemployment, Black women are still facing the brunt of job losses in Trump’s America.
Read More3 Ways to Prevent Suicide Death
Word In Black’s health reporter shares three things she’s learned in the last three years of reporting to prevent suicide death.
Read MoreBlack women are being hit hard by the Trump layoffs and firings: ‘It chips away at morale and self-worth’
Black women may be less likely to advocate for themselves at work if they worry about their job security, ultimately lowering morale.
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