Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

There are no easy answers, but there are profound lessons to be learned from the past, especially from movements of poor and ...

Black women were sidelined by mainstream feminism, but many of them found other political movements that recognized their lived circumstances. Since its founding in 1966, the Black Panther Party (BPP ...

Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture ... As a leader in the Communist Party USA and an associate of the Black Panther Party, Davis became a lightning rod for ...

I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy tryin' to raise a man', he passionately rapped. Afeni was a political activist and a member of black power movement, Black Panther Party, founded by ...

The phrase “project of survival” was borrowed from the Black Panther Party, which, in the 1960s and 1970s ... while serving as bases for bigger and bolder organizing. As a young woman, Liz gained new ...

Black women are the heartbeat of society and the pulse that drives culture. From the roots of history to the forefront of changemaking movements, such as the Black Panther Party Movement ...

Spearheaded by former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown, the $80 million development is among the first residential projects to sprout in West Oakland in recent years, and is seen as a ...