Posts Tagged ‘Black Women’
154,000 Black Women Left The Workforce In December Alone
Black families, especially mothers, are struggling economically with the CoVid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreEarly African Women: Hunters, Warriors, & Rulers
The fascinating stories about the surprising roles some women played in several African societies.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – What now for BLM? Whatever happens under Biden, the role of African American women will be vital
President Donald Trump has been voted out of office, but the issues at the heart of Black Lives Matter remain as critical as ever. Black women will be central in this next chapter of American history.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Kamala Harris, Biden’s VP Pick, Makes Black And Asian Representation History
In this moment, Biden is elevating a woman who is the daughter of immigrants as his political partner as this country is grappling with historic systemic racism, police brutality and social inequities as well as representation among women with the #MeToo movement.
Read MoreIntroducing Black Hair Defined
If you’re Black, wearing your hair natural can get your fired, suspended from school, barred from sports and denied your chance to walk across the stage at graduation. In California, the CROWN Act was passed to prevent discrimination against natural hair.
Read MoreFor Black Women With Means, Money Isn’t The Only Barrier To Abortion Access
An interview with Linda Goler Blount, the chief executive of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, allows an insight to how abortion for women of color has changed in recent times.
Read MoreElisa Shankle Is Encouraging Her Community To Be Brave And Heal
As Women’s History Month 2019 draws to a close, Huffington Post journalist Julia Craven brings to us the stories of 11 black women who are strong yet relatively unknown advocates for the encouragement of others in their community. One of these unsung heroes is Elisa Shankle, co-founder of Brooklyn’s “HealHaus,” a smoothie shop and community space where marginalized members of the community are welcome to come in, enjoy a smoothie, and improve their mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Though our world is full of many troubles, how encouraging it is to see folks still taking measures to help each other out!
Read MoreThe Quiet Crisis Killing Black Women
Black women are more vulnerable to domestic violence due to a constellation of factors, including high rates of poverty, lack of access to resources and systemic racism within systems designed to help victims of abuse
Read MoreShirley Chisholm NYC statue to help ‘correct glaring inequity in public spaces’
By: Dawn Onley, thegrio.com Fifty years after Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress, New York City has announced it will erect a statue in honor of the congresswoman by 2020. Born on Nov. 30, 1924, Chisholm died in 2005 at 80 years old. In 1972, the congresswoman from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn became the first…
Read MoreBlack Women Leaders, Then And Now
This article touches on some of the radical black women who have been apart of the Black Power Movement all the way to the current women leading the Black Lives Matter movement. Over the past decades, these women have also been left out of recorded history.
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