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  1. 3 days ago · LIFESTYLE On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech African American abolitionist and women's rights advocate, born into slavery in 1797 ...

    • Erica Lamberg
    • 6 min
  2. 5 days ago · Tweet. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

    • Andrea Davis Pinkney
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  3. 4 days ago · Della Wells is an artist who creates vibrant collages, pastels, drawings, dolls and quilts, each piece echoing the journey towards self-actualization and community as a Black woman. Her studies in sociology, African American history and women’s issues profoundly influence her artistic content. At the age of 42, she embarked on her artistic ...

  4. Oct 16, 2023 · From the website: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s renowned research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences.

  5. 3 days ago · Discusses the historical experiences of women of African descent living in the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. Through themes like work, family, religion, culture, identity, image, sexuality, and oppression, students explore how class, race, and region shaped African American women’s lives. Credit Hours: (3)

  6. 6 days ago · Double Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country during World War II. In these pages young readers meet a range of remarkable women: war workers, political activists, military women, volunteers, and entertainers.

  7. 4 days ago · Have fun unscrambling the most influential African Americans in our free Black History Month Word Scramble, for kids of all ages.