A profile of Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, co-founder of the Women’s Era Club and the Boston chapter of the NAACP.
Tag: <span>womanism</span>
A review of “Women, Race, & Class” by Angela Davis was published in 1981 and analyzes the individual histories and intersections of sexism, racism, and classism in America. The book primarily focuses on the women’s liberation movement and provides an overview of the movement’s complete timeline as well as in-depth coverage of specific eras.
A review of “The Color Purple”, a historical drama based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name that was written by Alice Walker. “The Color Purple” follows Celie, a poor Black woman living in rural Georgia, as she embarks on a journey to find herself, her voice, and a place in the world.
If you’re interested in learning about a writer, poet, and activist who penned “The Color Purple” which spent 25 weeks on the New York Times’ bestseller list and won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction then my Alice Walker Black History Short for you.
A profile of Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator and activist who fought against race and gender based discrimination by campaigning against lynching and founding the the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls.