- 1. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- ... P. Henson as a successful actress, but what you may not know is she is also a proud HBCU alumna, graduating from Howard University with a BFA in acting. Henson is one of 18 members of the board, including ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 2. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... of African-American writer and civil-rights activist Pauli Murray. Born in 1910, the Baltimore Maryland native struggled with her sexuality and gender identity their whole life. A graduate of Howard University ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 3. #Bye, Felicia. Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's Last Minute Offer of Tenure, Joining the Faculty of Howard University Instead. ...
- (Feminism)
- ... over the latter's original decision to withhold it. Hannah-Jones made the announcement to instead accept a faculty position at the historically Black, Howard University, on Tuesday’s “CBS This Morning” ...
- Created on 08 July 2021
- 4. 4 Key Moments From She the People's Presidential Foru
- (Feminism)
- Yesterday, She the People hosted a presidential forum at Texas Southern University in Houston, featuring eight of the Democratic candidates: Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, ...
- Created on 25 April 2019
- 5. Taraji P. Henson On Committing To Her Relationship, Ignoring Her Age, and "Seeing Her Money
- (Entertainment)
- ... at historically Black Howard University in her hometown of Washington, D.C. While a student at Howard, Henson gave birth to her son, Marcell, in 1994. “There was a time when I thought I should go to Yale ...
- Created on 24 March 2019
- 6. 5 Inspiring Women Who Will Attend This Year's State Of The Union As Guest
- (Feminism)
- Tonight, Trump will be giving his State of the Union address to members of Congress, and it’s bound to leave us with tons to talk about. Whether you have the emotional energy to sit through the speech, ...
- Created on 05 February 2019
- 7. 11 Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... think deeply about women’s rage. 4/5 –Bridey Heing Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood By Karina Longworth (Custom House) Spoiler Alert: Howard Hughes—the millionaire/pilot/filmmaker ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 8. 18 New Books By Women To Add To Your To-Read List For November 2018
- (Books)
- ... of "the woo-woo"—Chinese ghosts who come in times of personal turmoil. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth (November 13) The creator of the popular podcast ...
- Created on 01 November 2018
- 9. Samira Wiley On Gay Weddings, Gilead And God
- (TV)
- ... she almost didn’t experience. She was just nine years old when a commercial she heard in the car for a summer arts camp made her realize, That’s what I want to do with my life. That camp—at Howard University ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 10. Remembering Naomi Parker Fraley, The Real-Life Rosie the Riveter
- (Feminism)
- ... a photographer took the candid shot of Fraley at age 20 working on a turret lathe. The photo was distributed in newspapers worldwide, and a year later, artist J. Howard Miller used it as inspiration when ...
- Created on 23 January 2018
- 11. Beyoncé’s Formation Scholarships Give Women The Green To Follow Their Dreams
- (Music)
- ... album Lemonade by creating four $25,000 scholarships for female students pursuing creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies at Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School ...
- Created on 27 September 2017
- 12. Colin Kaepernick Joins A Long Line Of Political Protests In Sports
- (Entertainment)
- ... and college sports are taking note as well; the HBCU Howard cheerleaders knelt during "the Star Spangled Banner," while the football players raised their fists, and the entire Garfield High School football ...
- Created on 25 September 2017
- 13. 11 Artworks By Black Radical Feminists Of The '60s, '70s And '80s
- (Arts)
- ... Gallery, November 1982, 1982. Photograph, 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. © Estate of Lona Foote, courtesy of Howard Mandel The ...
- Created on 19 April 2017
- 14. How Racism Split The Suffrage Movement
- (Feminism)
- ... in 1913. Spearheaded by Alice Paul, the march marked the first public appearance of the black Delta Sigma Theta sorority, founded at Howard University that same year. But members of the sorority, and other ...
- Created on 20 February 2017
- 15. This Woman Provides A Controversial 'Cure' For Heroin Addiction. Does It Work
- (Living)
- ... explorers, even while the 1960s counterculture elevated drugs like LSD to mainstream infamy. In 1962, a 19-year-old American heroin addict named Howard Lotsof discovered that powdered iboga extract had ...
- Created on 23 May 2016
- 16. Everything There Is to Know About Bree Newsome, Badass Flag Vigilante
- (General)
- ... much what she does. She has a very on-the-ground, hands-on approach to change. I wish more people had her energy.” - Newsome's father, Clarence G. Newsome, is a former dean of Howard University, trustee ...
- Created on 29 June 2015
- 17. 9 Creepiest Girl Ghosts of All Time
- (General)
- ... Read this as you go to bed, but beware: these stories will take your night from chill to chilling. Lady Mary Howard (1596–1671) Devon, U.K. Lady Mary Howard’s dad, Sir John Fitz, was a total ...
- Created on 30 October 2014
- 18. Controversial Dating Site Ranks
- (General)
- Didn’t auction bidding for people end in 1864 with, oh you know, the end of slavery? The dating-auction website WhatsYourPrice.com thinks not. Founded in 2011, the site instead uses a “date value” ...
- Created on 21 March 2013
- 19. The Real Rosie: New Documentary Seeks to Bring Women Workers' Stories to the Forefront
- (General)
- ... tried on by countless women since artist J. Howard Miller based his vision of the 1940s war woman on Michigan factory worker Geraldine Hoff. The iconic image is definitely striking, but what is more remarkable ...
- Created on 28 February 2012
