black history month

Elizabeth Catlett’s art reminds us to keep fighting

Jessica Land
Bessie Coleman stands on the wheel of a plane.
Bessie Coleman stands on the wheel of a plane.

Meet Bessie Coleman: the Black woman who became a pilot before Amelia Earhart

Carol Wright
Woman with dark hair leaning against a blue background.
Woman with dark hair leaning against a blue background.

As a mixed-race person, I struggle with Racial Imposter Syndrome

Tamia Adolph

How Mildred D. Taylor’s stories can teach us how to be hopeful throughout hardships

Sabrina Corsiga

The jazz you listen to today is actually full of sexism – here’s the history

Aliza Schuler
[Image description: A collage of Monique Coleman as Taylor Mckessie from Highschool Musical and Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz from Riverdale.] Via independent.uk.com and vulture.com
[Image description: A collage of Monique Coleman as Taylor Mckessie from Highschool Musical and Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz from Riverdale.] Via independent.uk.com and vulture.com

Monique Coleman’s HSM story reveals a larger pattern of hair discrimination in the workplace

Ebony Purks

[Image description: A Black women in the 20th century getting dressed for a Harlem fashion show.] Via New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images
[Image description: A Black women in the 20th century getting dressed for a Harlem fashion show.] Via New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images

Black women were at the core of the Harlem Renaissance

Bashirat Oladele
[Image description: A picture of a woman staring into the camera with stairs in the background.] Via Free Photos on Pexels
[Image description: A picture of a woman staring into the camera with stairs in the background.] Via Free Photos on Pexels

The “angry Black woman” stereotype makes me hesitate to defend myself

Ebony Purks
Naomi Osaka wearing a 'Breonna Taylor' mask while playing
Naomi Osaka wearing a 'Breonna Taylor' mask while playing

Naomi Osaka makes a case for athlete activism

Simi Segun

[Image description: A Baroque-style painting by Annibale Carracci. It portrays an African woman wearing a red coral necklace, pearl earrings, and a black long-sleeve dress with a white lace collar.] Via Wikimedia Commons
[Image description: A Baroque-style painting by Annibale Carracci. It portrays an African woman wearing a red coral necklace, pearl earrings, and a black long-sleeve dress with a white lace collar.] Via Wikimedia Commons

I hadn’t fully realized how racist art history could be until I saw this Baroque painting

Luale Monze
Two photos: one photo of a group of warriors holding weapons, and another of the Dora Milaje, a group of women dressed in red, holding spears
Two photos: one photo of a group of warriors holding weapons, and another of the Dora Milaje, a group of women dressed in red, holding spears

N’Nonmiton: Meet the real Dora Milaje, the most feared women in history

Simi Segun
Madam J. Walker driving a car with three other black women in the car.
Madam J. Walker driving a car with three other black women in the car.

Madam C.J. Walker was the first Black female millionaire

Tatayana Allen