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It includes American writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century African-American women writers
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century African-American writers. It includes African-American writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The activist movement Black Lives Matter was initially formed by Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza, and Patrisse Kahn-Cullors as a hashtag to campaign against racism and police brutality against African Americans in the United States. [69] The movement contributed to a revitalization and re-examining of the Black feminist movement. [70]
Marley Dias is an American activist and writer. While Dias was in 6th grade, in November 2015, she launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks to collect 1,000 books with black female protagonists to donate for black girls at other schools in the U.S.
Barbara Smith (born November 16, 1946) [1] [a] is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. [2] Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer, author, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges ...
Cheryl L. Clarke (born Washington D.C., May 16, 1947) [1] is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States.
Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 8, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.