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The Links is an American, invitation-only, social and service organization of prominent black women in the United States. Founded in 1946, it is the largest nationwide organization of prominent black women in the United States. Members include Kamala Harris, Marian Wright Edelman, and the late Betty Shabazz.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe credits Black women for his win in the state. [148] Black women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of the women owned business market. [149] The DAAWC seeks to increase the number of elected Black women on the State and Federal levels, as well as focus on issues specific to Black women.
In 1992, six national women of color organizations came together seeking to increase their impact on the mainstream women's rights/pro-choice movement and on US policy: Asians and Pacific Islanders for Choice, National Black Women's Health Project, National Latina Health Organization, Latina Roundtable on Health and Reproductive Rights, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and Native ...
Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) was founded in 1968 in California after branching off from the Bay Area Women for Dellums, a group of 12 politically active women who were involved in fundraising for Ron Dellums run for congressional office. [1] It is now a 501 c4 nonprofit advocacy organization. [2]
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The NAWSA's movement marginalized many African-American women and through this effort was developed the idea of the "educated suffragist". [5] This was the notion that being educated was an important prerequisite for being allowed the right to vote. Since many African-American women were uneducated, this notion meant exclusion from the right to ...
National Afro-American League; National Alliance of Black School Educators; National Black Justice Coalition; National Black United Front; National Council of Negro Women; National Equal Rights League; National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association; National Federation of Colored Farmers; National Independent Political League
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; National Association of Wage Earners; National Black Feminist Organization; National Coalition of 100 Black Women; National Congress of Black Women; National Council of Negro Women; National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement