Laura SmithinTimelineThis could be the most offensive baby everThis 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazinesMar 27, 20182Mar 27, 20182
Laura SmithinTimelineThe entire English soccer team gave the Nazi salute — for diplomacy’s sakeIt was part of the British government’s plan to appease HitlerMar 22, 20183Mar 22, 20183
Laura SmithinTimelineJackie Robinson was once humiliated and court-martialed for sitting next to a black woman people…Robinson had a Rosa Parks moment of his own long before he broke the race barrier in baseballMar 21, 20182Mar 21, 20182
Laura SmithinTimelineThis woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about WatergateNixon’s goons made Martha Mitchell the subject of a sexist smear campaignMar 21, 20186Mar 21, 20186
Laura SmithinTimelineWhen a racist man heckled Lena Horne in a Beverly Hills nightclub, she threw dishes at him“He had it coming,” her manager said, and her fans agreedMar 20, 20186Mar 20, 20186
Laura SmithinTimeline‘The Year of the Woman’ wasn’t actually that great for womenIn 1992, even with tremendous gains, Washington was overwhelmingly maleMar 12, 20181Mar 12, 20181
Laura SmithinTimelineShe was the first woman senator. Her term lasted exactly a dayRebecca Felton was a pawn in a sexist politician’s career moveMar 6, 20181Mar 6, 20181
Laura SmithinTimelineHow a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on DrugsHarry Anslinger conflated drug use, race, and music to criminalize non-whiteness and create a prison-industrial complexFeb 28, 201821Feb 28, 201821
Laura SmithinTimelineWhen feminism ignored the needs of black women, a mighty force was bornFounded in the early 1970s, the Combahee River Collective spoke to the unique position of being black and femaleFeb 21, 20186Feb 21, 20186
Laura SmithinTimelineAfter the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassment was dominated by wealthy…Black feminists had to literally buy their way into the conversationFeb 7, 20181Feb 7, 20181