Important women in African-American history 9 Articles

by Jennifer Jasmin

There exist many individuals who have made some sort of impact on the lives of others, but when it comes to African-American women, their contributions to humanity go largely unseen. There are numerous individuals who have...read more

by Anjela Dandridge

Who is Angela Davis? The word "discrimination", according to Encarta Encyclopedia, is "different treatment of others based solely on their membership in a socially distinct group or category, such as race, ethnicity, se...read more

by E.M.Robinson

Shirley Chisholm comes to mind whenever I think of important women in African-American history. I never met Shirley Chisholm, but I know that she had a strong impact on my young life.I clearly remember seeing her on the ev...read more

by Sheletha Jones

Most, if not all of us, know at least the names of important African-American historical figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Shirley Chisholm, to name a few. Yet, we can't deny that contributions by some ...read more

by Marcus Brooks

History has proven to be sexist in nature. While men's achievements were glorified and celebrated, women's achievements were overlooked and ignored. This common practice was definitely prevalent in African-American histo...read more

by Dion Marshino

Often overlooked in the Pantheon of historically significant African-American women is Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madame C. J. Walker. Although Ms. Walker did a great deal to advance the cause of Civil Rights for bla...read more

by Tom Koecke

Freedom is a concept in which people have equal responsibilities, equal obligations, and equal rights. America has not been the land of the free for black people. From Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, to Rosa Parks and ...read more

by Angela Michelle Adams

The woman I think the most importaint Of our time in African-American History is none other than Harriett Tubman. Born a slave and as a slave she saw many injustices done to her people as a whole in society by the ones to ...read more

by Kathy Henry

I thought long and hard about the type of creative project I wanted to do for my Gender & Society class. The project was a really cool one, in which gender and the things I learned in class would be combined. At first, I...read more