20 books that are essential reading for Black History Month
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Racism in Disguise? (No, not even disguised!)
Let’s not pretend, (to do so is embarrassing.)
A Black Woman Could Make the Supreme Court More Reflective of American Values
By Allison Gaines in Zora, and in MEDIUM DAILY DIGEST
It’s time to do what we can to put a Black woman on the bench. Let’s unpack this.
JUDY CHICAGO: The Dinner Party 1982
This featured plate is titled “Sacajawea.”
The Dinner Party is an installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago. Widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork, it functions as a symbo…
Jane Hirshfield: The Fullness of Things
in The Daily Good, January 2022
“The esteemed writer Jane Hirshfield has been a Zen monk and a visiting artist among neuroscientists. She has said this: ‘It’s my nature to question, to look…
APPALACHIA (APP-a-LATCH-a)
A gift of music from a dear friend, to brighten this new year
Dear Jean and Va,
I’ve been thinking of you and simply wanted to send a message of thanks and joy in music.
WOMEN HOLD LEADING POSITIONS IN BLACK AMERICAN CHURCHES
When a bishop’s post arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were volunteering to run for office. None were.
In Memory of Ms Gloria Jean Watkins aka bell hooks
By Carvell Wallace in Zora/The Medium
I’m so sad to be doing this again. Again, and again.
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – Meet the Team
Dr. Heidi B. Hammel is an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Telescope Project, and her focus is on Webb’s theme “Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life.”
There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis
Edited by Tracy K. Smith, John Freeman
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, the soaring and essential pieces presented in There’s a Revolution Outside, M…
Biography of Anna Julia Cooper
in Douglass Day 2022
Anna Julia Cooper (1858 – 1964) was a visionary black feminist leader, educator, intellectual, and activist. Born into slavery in 1858, she became the fourth African American…