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5 Shocking and Outrageous Responses to March For Our Lives
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country flooded the streets of Washington, D.C., to take part in the March for Our Lives, a student-led rally demanding stricter gun laws in...
View ArticleWatch This Powerful Breakdown of What It’s Like to Be a Woman of Color
As a woman of color, it seems every day brings with it some reason to shake my head or roll my eyes about the ways black women are disregarded or denigrated, even by some of our white feminist allies...
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These Black Women Were Fighting for Social Justice Long Before Kim K. Became...
Kim Kardashian West is being hailed by some as the “Princess of Prison Reform” following her advocacy for the release of Cyntoia Brown, who was recently granted clemency. Celebrities, lawmakers,...
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Keke Palmer Emotionally Pleads With National Guardsmen To ‘March Beside Us’
Protests have erupted all over the country in response to the recent viral video of a white police officer suffocating George Floyd, an unarmed black man, and other black lives lost at the hands of...
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How Social Activist Khary Lazarre-White Is Helping Black and Latinx Young People
Khary Lazarre-White is a social activist, entrepreneur, novelist, and attorney who is spearheading change in his local community in New York City. He currently serves as executive director and...
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Exclusive: Legendary Olympian and Activist John Carlos Talks Simone Biles,...
John Carlos and Tommie Smith made history in 1968 when they raised clenched, gloved, Black fists while accepting their bronze and gold medals, respectively, at the summer Olympics in Mexico City. It...
View Article‘Rest In Power’: Dr. James Turner, Africana Studies Pioneer at Cornell...
Dr. James Turner, a revolutionary activist and scholar, who integrated African-American history, life, culture, and literature to Cornell University, died last week. The news was reported in Diverse...
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Achievement and Activism: The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. Hosts Its 45th...
Three years after its last in-person gathering, The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. (BWA) hosted its 45th Annual Symposium Town Hall and Awards Luncheon on Friday, reconvening in the nation’s capital to...
View ArticleTrailblazing Black Small Business Owner Dorothy Pitman Hughes Dies at 84
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who created empowering means to amplify children’s welfare, racial justice, and economic liberation, has died at age 84. According to Associated Press, the Sconiers Funeral Home...
View ArticleCommunityX Announces $2 Million Seed Round Led By Fearless Fund
COMMUNITYx, the #1 fastest-growing, black and brown women led, and community-centered app that connects everyday people around the world to take actionable steps on causes they are passionate about,...
View ArticleTrae Tha Truth Repairs Elderly Woman’s Home After She Was Arrested For Unpaid...
Trae tha Truth, an activist and former ABN rapper, extended a helping hand to someone in need—an elderly woman who was arrested for a $77 unpaid garbage bill. In November, 82-year-old Martha Manefield...
View ArticleRemembering Black Lives Matter Activist Oluwatoyin Salau 3 Years Later
Activist Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was found murdered on June 13, 2020. She had been missing for nine days. Three years later, she remains at the forefront of many minds. Her activism, life and untimely...
View ArticleFounder Of ‘For Them,’ A Black Transgender-Owned Company Fights Anti-LGBTQIA+...
A transgender-owned company is binding its community to fight anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation. Kylo Freeman, pronouns they/their/theirs, opened up about binding their chest and overcoming funding and legal...
View ArticleRev. Jesse Jackson To Retire from Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Name Successor
After a lifetime spent in service to others, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr will be retiring from his position as the head of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson, 81, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease...
View ArticleWayne State University Honors Creation Of African American Studies Department...
On April 12, Wayne State University honored the creation of its Department of African American Studies and the protests that birthed it. A day after honoring the students who participated in the 1989...
View ArticleHollywood And The Ongoing Battle For Black Narratives In Film
Written by Julianne Malveaux When former NBA player and longtime civil rights activist Craig Hodges signed a deal with a Hollywood production company called Wayfarer Studios to document his life...
View ArticleArtist And Activist Lorraine O’Grady Dies At 90, Leaves Legacy Of Advocacy...
Avant-garde and conceptual artist Lorraine O’Grady, who advocated for Black women’s perspectives in art, passed away at 90. On Dec. 13, her death was confirmed by a trust in her name and followed with...
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