Maggie L. Walker started a newspaper. She was the first country’s first woman to found a bank. She was a humanitarian, a teacher, an icon of her community in 1920s Richmond.
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Jessica Williams Says Learning About ‘Womanism’ Helped Her Embrace the Beauty of Her Blackness | Atlanta Black Star
Comedian Jessica Williams may seem like the epitome of confidence, but she says she has struggled with her appearance throughout her life.
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Tesla Adds Publisher Linda Johnson Rice To Board, Taking Step Toward Diversity | Forbes
Tesla has taken a step toward greater by naming Linda Johnson Rice, an African American executive who leads the Johnson Publishing Company, to serve as an independent director on its board, along with James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox. The move comes after a year of criticism by some shareholders that Tesla’s board was too insular.
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Karyn Parsons Is Telling The Stories Of Little-Known Black Icons – HuffPost
Hilary Banks is now a history buff, y’all.
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Black Women in America Really Do Work Harder for Less, New Report Shows – Slate
It’s a familiar adage that black Americans have to work twice as hard to get half as far as their white counterparts—and that black women, oppressed by the intersecting forces of sexism and racism, have to struggle even more.
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States Are Attempting to Modify Their Definitions of Rape and Sex: The Week In Women’s Rights – Slate
Earlier this month, Maryland seemed poised to finally pass a law, as most states have, that would keep men from claiming parental rights to the babies of the women they raped.
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See the Story Behind Danai Gurira’s ‘Eclipsed’ Play In This New Documentary – Okay Africa
You can now see the story behind the Broadway play that made history as the first to feature an all-black, all-women cast and creative team in this new documentary.
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In Honor of Black History Month, 10 Heroes You May Not Have Heard Of – Marie Claire
These are life stories worth knowing
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When Banking Black Was Not Enough, This Woman Took an Extraordinary Extra Step to Help Black-Owned Businesses
You could call it a hidden-camera show, but that’s not exactly what it is. It’s so much more than that.
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Civil rights icon Angela Davis wants young activists to challenge their heroes
Just a peek of Angela Davis’ iconic Afro making its way up the stairs and onto the stage was enough to send the crowd at University of South Africa (UNISA) into a frenzied applause. Davis was clearly overwhelmed.
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