Category: History/Herstory

Gratitude to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
updated from February 1, 2025
Music is healing.
Music is [...]

Celia: How an Enslaved Girl Continues to Inform Black Women’s Work to End Violence Against Women
Celia
updated from September 20 2023 1. (1855) Celia w [...]

Mother of Environmental Justice: Hazel M. Johnson
updated from November 9 2024
Never forgetting the pioneerin [...]

Not Like Us: The Black Freedom Legacy Was Not Built on Unquestioning Institutional Compliance
There is a pattern that deserves daylight. Some movements wrap them [...]

Black History Month Means Honoring the Humanity of the Women Who Loved Us Here (Musical Playlist Included)
updated from 2/2/ 2025 Without Black women, the miracl [...]

Valerie Castile Says the State’s New School-Meals Law Is An Investment in Minnesota’s kids—and a Tribute to Her Son, Philando
We were previously warned. Rather than shutting down Black people when [...]

From Michael Harriot: How a City Ignored the (Systemic) Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for Four Decades
updated from December 4, 2024 "Not everything that is faced can be [...]

This Never Happens: Happens Again
updated from March 20 2022
“That never happens.” Not because peopl [...]

Rosa Parks: A Stealth Strategist Against Deceit, Manipulation, and Violence
updated from January 6, 2025 with new links and information
Let's be [...]

Until This Country Reckons with How It Treats Black People, It Will Never Heal Its Violence
Until this country reckons with how it treats Black people—how its sys [...]