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Madam C.J. Walker wasn’t just a force for African Americans. She pioneered global black activism

Working with Marcus Garvey and others, she helped expand consciousness worldwide

4 min readFeb 8, 2017

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Madam C.J. Walker wasn’t just a force for African Americans. She pioneered global black activism

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The most important black woman sculptor of the 20th century deserves more recognition

Unfortunately, little of her work survives

4 min readFeb 2, 2017

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The most important black woman sculptor of the 20th century deserves more recognition

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This unheralded woman actually organized the Montgomery bus boycott

Jo Ann Robinson is unfortunately overlooked by history

4 min readJan 19, 2017

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This unheralded woman actually organized the Montgomery bus boycott

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This speech changed the course of black voting rights in America

Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired,’ and she told the 1964 Democratic National Convention

5 min readAug 23, 2016

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This speech changed the course of black voting rights in America

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Mothers Of The Movement, Police Violence And Black Women’s Activism

During the 1980s, two black women — Mary Bumpurs and Veronica Perry — led a grassroots effort to combat police brutality in New York City.

4 min readJul 29, 2016

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Mothers Of The Movement, Police Violence And Black Women’s Activism

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White supremacists have been funding black activists’ ‘Back to Africa’ movements for centuries

One man’s GoFundMe dares racists to put their money where their mouth is

5 min readJul 22, 2016

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White supremacists have been funding black activists’ ‘Back to Africa’ movements for centuries

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Keisha N. Blain

Keisha N. Blain

Historian | Professor | Writer | @AAIHS President | Author of SET THE WORLD ON FIRE (@PennPress, 2018): http://goo.gl/u6HRPq

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