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Shirley Graham Du Bois, was an American author, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American women. Charlotta Bass, was an American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. The Sojourners for Truth and Justice held their inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C., from September 29 - October 1, 1951. [3]
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans. The United States of America has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2]
African American women held together Black households and their communities while adapting and overcoming obstacles they faced due to their gender, race, and class. [3] Many women used their communities and local church to gain support for the movement, as local support proved vital for the success of the movement. [4]
The organization's founding members included James Leonard Farmer Jr., Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray, George Mills Houser, Elsie Bernice Fisher, Homer A. Jack, and James R Robinson. Of the 50 original founding members, 28 were men and 22 were women, roughly one-third of them were Black, and the other two-thirds white.
[118] [119] [page needed] One of the most important Black suffrage organizations in Chicago, the Alpha Suffrage Club was founded as a way to further voting rights for all women, to teach Black women how to engage in civic matters, and to work to elect African Americans to city offices.
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 ...
Black women have been involved in American socio-political issues and advocating for the community since the American Civil War era through organizations, clubs, community-based social services, and advocacy. Black women are currently underrepresented in the United States in both elected offices and in policy made by elected officials. [1]
The organization has its roots in the Coalition of 100 Black Women, founded in New York City in 1970 by Edna Beach and 23 other African-American women. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Jewell Jackson McCabe , [ 4 ] one of the original founders, became President of the New York chapter in 1977 and set out to create a national coalition.