Jul 18, 2022 | Politics, Women
As highlighted by the election of Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020, Black women have achieved significant political accomplishments in recent years. This fall, those groundbreaking achievements may grow as record numbers of Black women run for political office...
Jun 27, 2022 | History, Leadership, Politics, Women
Yolanda Flowers is officially Alabama’s Democratic candidate for governor, winning over Sen. Malika Sanders-Fortier. On Tuesday, Flowers won 55% of votes. This apparently makes her the first Black female nominee for governor from a major party in Alabama. In...
Nov 29, 2021 | Leadership, Politics, Women
Carrie Meek, who died Sunday, is being remembered as a trailblazer, a descendent of slaves who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. But the late Congressman John Lewis had another way of describing her. “We see showboats...
Nov 8, 2021 | Leadership, Politics
When New Yorkers this week chose Eric Adams as their next mayor and Alvin Bragg as the next Manhattan district attorney, they elevated two more Black men into high office at a time when the city and state are being led by a historic number of Black leaders. It’s a...
Mar 8, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equity, Politics
Earlier this week, the Biden administration released a statement urging the House to vote in favor of the proposal. In debate on the House floor Wednesday evening before the vote, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota said Minneapolis is still traumatized by...
Jan 18, 2021 | Democracy, History, Politics, Women
Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. But that’s only where her boundary-breaking role begins. With the...
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