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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...

Because Representation Matters: An Interview with Sandra Stevenson

by Angela Dorn | Dec 22, 2019 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Sandra Stevenson, an award-winning picture editor. For the past 15 years, she’s been a member of The New York Times (The Times) news team. Stevenson has served as picture editor and assistant editor in the photography department and...

On Protecting and Fighting for All Mississipppians: An Interview with Jennifer Riley Collins

by Jocelyn Harmon | Sep 8, 2019 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Jennifer Riley Collins, Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Mississippi. Collins is a decorated Army Colonel, civil rights lawyer and former executive director of the ACLU of Mississippi. What is an Attorney General (AG)? The...

Ida B. Wells: The Princess of the Press

by Jocelyn Harmon | Jul 28, 2019 | Videos

From Ida B. Wells to Denise Rolark Barnes: The Black Women of the Black Press

by Karen James Cody | Mar 19, 2019 | Articles

In 1994, when Calvin Rolark handed over the reins of The Washington Informer, Washington, D.C.’s African-American newspaper, to his daughter Denise, he created a legacy that would have meaning well beyond his immediate family. Denise joined the ranks of a select few...

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

On Protecting and Fighting for All Mississipppians: An Interview with Jennifer Riley Collins

Ida B. Wells: The Princess of the Press

From Ida B. Wells to Denise Rolark Barnes: The Black Women of the Black Press

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