Race, Gender, Intersectionality, & Employment
Title VII was passed as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting employment discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex and national origin.”[1] While intended to protect marginalized people, courts have often failed to recognize the Title VII claims made by…
By centering the experience of black women in her art, Lorna Simpson engages in an artistic practice of black feminism. Her work combines photographs of black women with texts that call attention to the…
Honestly, we all need hip-hop feminism. Hip-hop feminism is a movement that was created to bring the black feminist foundations of the previous two waves and put them into the context of hip-hop culture. By putting feminist ideals under the lens of hip-hop culture, one can start…
Today, Black women account for approximately two thirds of all Blacks or African Americans who have completed four years of college or more in the United States. Black women also hold a significant lead in the attainment of professional degrees relative to black…
For hundreds of years, Art History has been occupied by deceased white men, their oil paintings, and their stories. Giorgio Vasari, who is often considered the first Art…
These were the top 9 stories published by Black Feminism in April of 2015. You can also dive into daily archives for April of 2015 by using the calendar at the top of this page.