The defeated critique
by Keisha Bell Do you guard what enters your body, your spirit and your mind? Negative…
Visionary Brief
The stand after the fall
Dominique Margaux Dawes was the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic…
Obligation
Marian Wright Edelman is the first African-American woman admitted to The Mississippi…
Lasting impression
Florynce Rae Kennedy was a lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, and activist. BY…
Young, gifted and black
Scene from the play, ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’ Ruby Dee as Ruth, Claudia…
The necessity of her presence
Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was the first African-American woman to win election to the…
Superstardom within
LaWanda Page was an actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. BY…
A talent’s parable
Mary Church Terrell was the first African-American woman in the United States to be…
She’s not welcomed
Anna Pauline ‘Pauli’ Murray’s work influenced the civil rights…
She breaks barriers
Dovey Johnson Roundtree, in 1961, became one of the first women ordained ministers in the…
Workplace worth
Della Reese was a jazz and gospel singer, songwriter, actress, and ordained minister…
The power of dreams
BY KEISHA BELL | Visionary Brief Some have labeled her “flamboyant.” Others said she…
Rumors
Florence Griffith Joyner was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman…
Read the credits
Ella Baker was a civil and human rights activist. BY KEISHA BELL | Visionary Brief…
Not sidelined
C. Bette Wimbish was one of the leading African-American woman activists in Florida,…
The power of a mother’s love
The Scottsboro Boys, with attorney Samuel Leibowitz, under guard by the state militia,…
Service and sacrifice
Mary Winston Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National…
Sexual harassment on the job
Anita Hill became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee…