African American Women

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/9/19
  

  The hidden story of two African American women looking out from the pages of a 19th-century book

  by Kate Clarke Lemay and Martha S. Jones 

  A 19th-century volume contained a mystery for two historians who combined their knowledge to tell the story of the women and their contributions to American democracy.

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• 5/19/19
  

  The History of Black Women Championing Demands for Reparations

  by Ana Lucia Araujo

  For black women, the fight for reparations is not a new opportunity, it is a long-lasting battle for social justice.

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• 5/12/19
  

  Jane Manning James and African American Women in the Mormon Church

  by Quincy D. Newell

  Jane Elizabeth Manning James, a free black woman who converted to Mormonism in the early 1840s, provides a little-known vantage point from which to tell a story of Mormonism that takes the church’s racial history into account.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/26/19
  

  Black women led the charge against R. Kelly. They’re part of a long tradition.

  by Danielle McGuire

  Why has it taken more than 20 years and testimony by about 50 accusers to get to this moment?

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• SOURCE: Essence
  1/29/19
  

  The Women’s Suffrage Movement Included More Than Two Women And So Should The Monuments

  by Michelle Duster

  During a time when Black women’s votes are more pivotal than ever, our leaderships and contributions to the Suffrage Movement must be honored.

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• SOURCE: Youtube
  3-16-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: African American Women and the Struggle for Equality

  How early freedom fighters like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Anna Julia Cooper fought against multiple oppressions.