Josephine Butler and Environmental Activism in Washington, DC
The first time I heard about Josephine Butler was when I stepped into the building named after her––the Josephine Butler
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Black women
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I
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Portraits of Black Womanhood
When I first encountered Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait d’une Negresse at the Louvre, I had just researched and encountered the remains of
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Black Women’s Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity
Last month, students at Spelman and Morehouse Colleges ended their two-week hunger strike designed to raise awareness about food insecurity
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Dismantling Whiteness as the Beauty Standard
Miss Jamaica Davina Bennett rejected Eurocentric beauty ideals when she sported her afro at this year’s Miss Universe Pageant. Bennett had
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