African American Women: 1950-1999
Contributions of black women to America, from the 1950s through the 1990s. Civil rights, black women's liberation, more.
Willie Barrow
Willie B. Barrow biography - about Willie Barrow, woman minister, civil rights activist, and Operation PUSH leader.
Willie B. Barrow biography - about Willie Barrow, woman minister, civil rights activist, and Operation PUSH leader.
Ruby Dee Quotes
Quotes by Ruby Dee - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Ruby Dee - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Althea Gibson
Biography of the first black tennis player (of either sex) to compete at or win at Wimbleton.
Biography of the first black tennis player (of either sex) to compete at or win at Wimbleton.
Althea Gibson Picture Gallery
Althea Gibson picture gallery, showing the tennis great in photos from newspapers and by the photographer Carl Van Vechten.
Althea Gibson picture gallery, showing the tennis great in photos from newspapers and by the photographer Carl Van Vechten.
Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes
Quotes by Eleanor Holmes Norton - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Eleanor Holmes Norton - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Nina Simone
Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist whose singing mixed genres of classical music, jazz, blues and soul -- and her music and outspoken ideas on American racism reflected and became part of civil rights and black power history. Several of her songs, including her cover of Sinatra's "My Way," became feminist classics as well.
Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist whose singing mixed genres of classical music, jazz, blues and soul -- and her music and outspoken ideas on American racism reflected and became part of civil rights and black power history. Several of her songs, including her cover of Sinatra's "My Way," became feminist classics as well.
Alice Walker
A biography, book list and lots of web resources on this writer, poet and womanist/activist. From your About Guide to Women's History.
A biography, book list and lots of web resources on this writer, poet and womanist/activist. From your About Guide to Women's History.
Faye Wattleton Biography
A profile of Faye Wattleton of the Planned Parenthood Federation and Center for the Advancement of Women.
A profile of Faye Wattleton of the Planned Parenthood Federation and Center for the Advancement of Women.
Faye Wattleton Quotes
Quotes by Faye Wattleton - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Faye Wattleton - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century
From Ebony 1999: a list of 100 Black American women from Oprah Winfrey and Mary McLeod Bethune to Faye Wattleton and Vanessa Williams.
From Ebony 1999: a list of 100 Black American women from Oprah Winfrey and Mary McLeod Bethune to Faye Wattleton and Vanessa Williams.
100 Most Important Blacks in the World in the 20th Century
With some understandable overlap with their March 99 list of the 100 most fascinating Black women, Ebony lists another 100 Blacks, men and women. Women on the list include Madame C.J. Walker, Rosa Parks, Katherine Dunham and many more.
With some understandable overlap with their March 99 list of the 100 most fascinating Black women, Ebony lists another 100 Blacks, men and women. Women on the list include Madame C.J. Walker, Rosa Parks, Katherine Dunham and many more.
A Century of Black Beauty and Style
Ebony article, 1999, by Lynn Norment, on the changing sense of style among African Americans, both men and women. Afros and flappers, the Supremes, Lena Horne, cornrowed hair and a history of Black models.
Ebony article, 1999, by Lynn Norment, on the changing sense of style among African Americans, both men and women. Afros and flappers, the Supremes, Lena Horne, cornrowed hair and a history of Black models.
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)
A tribute to Congresswoman Jordan, including speeches by Jordan and others in her memory.
A tribute to Congresswoman Jordan, including speeches by Jordan and others in her memory.
June Jordan and the New Black Intellectuals
Author Scott Macphail, in this 1999 article from African American Review,, analyzes the role of June Jordan in 1960s/1970s politics and intellectual life through several standard theories, and finds she doesn't quite fit the mold.
Author Scott Macphail, in this 1999 article from African American Review,, analyzes the role of June Jordan in 1960s/1970s politics and intellectual life through several standard theories, and finds she doesn't quite fit the mold.
Postmodern Blackness
Kimberly Chabot Davis in Twentieth Century Literature looks at Toni Morrison's Beloved through the concept of history of Francis Fukuyama and others.
Kimberly Chabot Davis in Twentieth Century Literature looks at Toni Morrison's Beloved through the concept of history of Francis Fukuyama and others.