Catherine Flon: Seamstress of the Haitian Nation
Catherine Flon holds a revered place in Haitian history as the woman most closely associated with the creation of the first Haitian flag and, by...
Category : Herstory
Kathleen Cleaver: ‘My Place is in the Revolution’
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered Malcolm X, murdered Martin Luther King, murdered...
Jayne Cortez: Firespitter of the Black Arts Movement
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce, music‑driven poetics made her a defining voice...
Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy: A Nigerian-British Painter of Majestic Presence
Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (1952–2012) was a distinguished Nigerian-British visual artist who gained international recognition for her portraiture, figurative works, and vibrant depictions of African...
Moremi Ajasoro: The Yoruba Lady Liberty
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered in Ile-Ife as “Africa’s Lady Liberty,” she...
Tereza of Cabinda: A meditation
This meditation on Tereza of Cabinda emerged from a dialogue between me and an AI voice I call Tylis. Please see my commentary below the...
Mary Annette Anderson: The first African American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives Nor lost is her endeavor. She is...
Gwendolyn B. Bennett: The Harlem Renaissance Writer and Painter
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. Although she never published her own volume of poetry, she was one of...
Marie Couvent: A Controversial African-American Philanthropist
“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for a long time she was the only...
Zelda Wynn Valdes: The Creator of the Playboy Bunny Costume
“I just had a God-given talent for making people beautiful…” Zelda Wynn Valdes was a fashion legend who was the first African-American designer to open...