Graduate Program in Women's and Gender History at Sarah Lawrence College

Since we are often left out of the fashion narrative of this period, here are some stunning Victorian and Edwardian black women and girls. Imagine having to deal with racism and hate at every turn (as second-class citizens at that) while still looking this graceful.

When friends went to visit Ponder in the jail, her face was so badly beaten and swollen that she could barely talk. But Ponder was able to utter one word: Freedom.

For Black History Month, The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center will celebrate our richly diverse experience through the personal stories of four prominent Black Jews who will talk about life as a minority within a minority and discuss what the Jewish community needs to do to turn the word inclusion into a reality.

Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond, Biden said in a statement. She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration’s health efforts.

Fascinating, and also terrifying. Fascism’s answer to the 1619 project.

In 1913, Wells, who openly criticized racism among White women in the suffrage movement, created a suffrage group focused on Black women in Chicago. When I saw that we were likely to have a restricted suffrage and the white women of the organization were working like beavers to bring it about, I made another effort to get our women interested, she wrote in her autobiography Crusade for Justice. The women who joined her were extremely interested when I showed them that we could use our vote for the advantage of ourselves and our race.