- 41. Morgan Jerkins Explores and Reclaims Her Roots In "Wandering In Strange Lands
- (Books)
- ... Ultimately, her voyage puts a personal face on The Great Migration, a movement which led six million African Americans to leave the rural South throughout the mid-20th century. For fans of “The 1619 ...
- Created on 20 July 2020
- 42. NASA Renames Headquarters After First Black Woman Engineer, Mary W. Jackson
- (Feminism)
- ... for African Americans and women in the field of engineering and technology,” said Bridenstine. “Today, we proudly announce the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building. It appropriately sits on ‘Hidden ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 43. Let's Stop Naming American Schools After Confederate
- (Living)
- As the United States comes to grips with its ugly history, more and more people are calling for an end to the ways we honor those with dark pasts. Statues and monuments of former slave owners and confederates ...
- Created on 24 June 2020
- 44. 8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
- (Living)
- ... an attorney who represented African Americans in civil and criminal cases. Tucker attended and led many peaceful protests, sit-ins. He also became the leading attorney for the NAACP in Virginia. Tucker ...
- Created on 24 June 2020
- 45. Why Won't Men Wear Masks
- (Living)
- The U.S. is seeing a surge of Coronavirus cases–and deaths–as states begin to ease their restrictions. Despite this reality, there’s a persistent phenomenon: some men are refusing to wear masks. A ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 46. How To Virtually Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
- (Feminism)
- ... focus on Black businesses, Black art, and Black healing. Juneteenth: A Celebration Of Resilience is being held by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum will be brought ...
- Created on 19 June 2020
- 47. 12 Books By Black Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List
- (Books)
- ... African mother and an African American father, raised in Pennsylvania. Though Clemmons tackles race and identity with insight, What We Lose is also a novel about grief. When Thandi is in college, her mother ...
- Created on 12 June 2020
- 48. Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
- (Movies)
- ... discrimination and inequality in America, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans because of a loophole in the 13th Ammendment after the abolishment ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 49. Gov. Cuomo Supports Bill Criminalizing False Reports Based On Race
- (Living)
- ... Cooper, an avid birdwatcher, merely told Cooper to put her dog on a leash, in accordance with the park’s section rules. She became frantic and called the police, stating that there is “an African-American ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 50. Meet Ella Jones, The First Black Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
- (Feminism)
- ... by fear and people telling you that the city is going to decline because an African-American person is going to be in charge, then you tend to listen to the rhetoric and don’t open your mind to new possibilities.” ...
- Created on 05 June 2020
