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What’s The Big Deal About the 19th Amendment? Recognizing Black Suffragists Who Helped Us Get the Vote

by Karen James Cody | Mar 15, 2020 | Articles

Women in the United States did not have the legal right to vote — suffrage — until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920. The ability to cast a ballot took the better part of a century (1848 to 1920) and was the work of thousands. Black women were...

On Fighting for Reparations and American Descendants of Slavery: An Interview with Tamara Johnson Shealey

by Jocelyn Harmon | Jan 5, 2020 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Tamara Johnson Shealey, 2020 candidate for the United States Senate (Georgia). Prior to running for the U.S. Senate, Shealey ran for Georgia State Senate (District 40) in 2014, 2016, and 2018. She garnered 37% of the vote in 2014 and...

Racism, Not Race, is a Risk Factor for Poor Health: An Interview With Linda Blount

by Jocelyn Harmon | Oct 7, 2018 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Linda Blount, president and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI). Blount’s organization just released Black Women Vote: The 2018 National Health Policy Agenda “to ensure the health needs of Black women and...

What’s The Big Deal About the 19th Amendment? Recognizing Black Suffragists Who Helped Us Get the Vote

On Fighting for Reparations and American Descendants of Slavery: An Interview with Tamara Johnson Shealey

Racism, Not Race, is a Risk Factor for Poor Health: An Interview With Linda Blount

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