October 29, 2011 In Mississippi, we are witnessing the intersection of race and gender politics in two ballot initiatives on which African American voters are
by Loretta J. Ross Sixty-five billboards were quickly erected in predominantly African American neighborhoods in Atlanta on February 5, 2010. Each showed a sorrowful picture
by Karen Jones Meadows As a child I learned of Harriet Tubman, icon of the anti-enslavement movement, and the most celebrated “conductor” on the Underground
by Loretta Ross My mother always asked the question, “Why would I want to be equal to men, when I’ve been superior to them all
by Lu Bailey I’ve always been interested in the media’s impact on public policy as well as the media’s role in depicting women and people
by Natalie Bell By the early 1970s, nearly 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court had found segregated schools to be inherently unequal, little had
by Jaye Austin Williams In a 2007 interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner was asked, “Can theater or film make a difference? You wrote the
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about their mothers, grandmothers, or great-grandmothers.
by Maame-Mensima Horne I was raised in a feminist household where I was exposed to feminism and its theory early. I realized my grandfather was
Cynthia L. Cooper When Loretta J. Ross speaks, people listen. Ross is a big-picture thinker on reproductive justice, national coordinator of SisterSong, Women of Color
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