Tag Archives: Black women
Beyonce writes open letter to Michelle Obama
TweetOn her new Tumblr, Beyonce posted a handwritten letter to First Lady Michelle Obama. In the letter, Beyonce gushes about how proud she is of the First Lady for being the “ultimate example of a truly strong African American woman” and how FLOTUS is a perfect role model for her own daughter. Beyonce isn’t alone [...]
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Gloria Browne-Marshall: First Black Woman to get media credentials for Supreme Court
TweetMaking history law Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall of, What’s the 411 Networks, is the first black women to get media credentials to cover the U.S. Supreme Court. What’s the 411 Networks, a digital news/media company, was founded by Ruth Morrison in 1993 and is also the first black owned media company to get credentialed to cover the country’s highest court. Professor [...]
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The Feministing Five: Toni Bond Leonard
TweetToni Bond Leonard is a reproductive justice rock star. She first came to the movement in 1990 as the volunteer medical advocate coordinator at a rape crisis center on the south side of Chicago. Since then she has been the first woman of color Executive Director of the Chicago Abortion Fund and is now the [...]
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Black History Month: Spotlight on women’s contributions
TweetToday, I combed the Internets for a video/visual that could really capture some of what Black History month means to me and I found this moving video presentation on ordinary black women: When you sift through, you definitely will see the greats that your kid sibling is probably learning about: Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott [...]
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Netroots ’12: watch Ask a Sista