“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for...
Olive Elaine Morris was a Black-British community leader and political activist, who campaigned for racial, gender and social equality,...
Three African‑Caribbean women on St. Croix stood at the forefront of a mass insurrection against the Danish government, demanding just wages and humane working conditions. This uprising is remembered today as...
Charity Still—born Sidney Steel—was the mother of abolitionist William Still and a foundational figure in the Still family’s...
“Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It is a particular, specific enslaved woman, whose mind is...
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist who organized a city bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 that changed the course of civil rights in America....
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa...
“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this...
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, which became known as Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. She...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
Taytu Betul was a formidable queen and empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913). She was the wife of Emperor Menelek...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In 1843, Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved African woman, led a major Maafa/Atlantic slavery uprising...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
