social justice
Madam C.J. Walker, the first U.S. self-made female millionaire, gets her own Barbie
August 29, 2022
There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis
August 7, 2022
Author: Cynthia R. Wallace
in Ploughshares at Emerson College 2021
Dual honors for Boston College historian Heather Cox Richardson
June 16, 2022
Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson, a leading national commentator on American history and politics, recently received two noteworthy honors.
OP Connections: Statement in Support of National Black Sisters’ Conference Statement in Response to Mass Shooting in Buffalo
May 21, 2022
The Adrian Dominican Sisters stand in support and solidarity of the May 18, 2022, statement by the National Black Sisters’ Conference deploring the “irrational act of violence” against 10 innocent pe…
The Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1964
April 22, 2022
In the greatest mass movement in modern American history, black demonstrations swept the country seeking constitutional equality at the national level, as well as an end to Massive Resistance (stat…
20 books that are essential reading for Black History Month
February 5, 2022
Offered by Flatiron Writers Room
Racism in Disguise? (No, not even disguised!)
February 4, 2022
Let’s not pretend, (to do so is embarrassing.)
A Black Woman Could Make the Supreme Court More Reflective of American Values
January 26, 2022
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.









