By Jill Nelson
As a black woman feminist, more often than not to say in public what I actually think about policy or politics, and particularly to challenge the designated roles black women are assigned in this culture, results in being attacked and dismissed as overbearing, demanding, intimidating, emasculating, or in contemporary, all-inclusive jargon, a hater. The sad truth is that too often black men seem most comfortable when black women in the public sphere are silent, long-suffering, old, or all of the above.

By Janet Singleton
Throughout much of her childhood Deborah Lacks had no idea what became of her mother. Yet her mother even then, in the 50s and 60s, was famous. Random readers, undergrad science students, and ordinary lab technicians knew of HeLa: a still-growing cell line obtained from the cancerous cervical tumor of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman who died from the malignancy in 1951.

By TaRessa Stovall
Each step I took across the Brooklyn Bridge on a sunny Monday, March 8, brought me closer to survivors whose strength and resilience are as miraculous as they are uplifting. With hundreds of women and men of all colors and ages, we crossed this landmark in unison to pay tribute to women who have survived every atrocity of war and whose lives and stories invite each of us to stand and walk and work for peace.

By C. Nicole Mason
The 2000s were a mixed bag for African-American women. From Venus and Serena Williams to Condoleezza Rice to Michelle Obama to Don Imus’ infamous nappygate, the 2000s will go down as the decade of both opportunity and setbacks for black women. This decade retrospective looks at the top ten events that shaped how we view black women in society, our communities, and in pop culture.

By Pamela Newkirk
In this biography of Wells-Barnett, Giddings gives us the most definitive account yet of the journalist who, under the pen name “Iola” transformed the grotesque instances of lynching of blacks from an unpunished American past-time to the international disgrace and barbaric crime that it was.

By Stacey Patton
Here we showcase just a few women pioneers who have been instrumental to helping LDF fulfill its mission to defend, educate and empower African Americans and others seeking justice and equality in America.