Dozens of Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew reusable period pads for girls in Africa and beyond
It is a humble space, this center for an international health initiative that takes place from a concrete hilltop in North Philadelphia. Fueled by Black women, sewing machines, and a mission, members ...
Jeannine Kayembe Oro is combining her two passions to launch the Black Women’s Basketball Museum
Oro's vast collection of Black women’s basketball history, which includes autographed memorabilia, photography, and more, ...
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The Women in Johnson's Life
While living in Philadelphia during the summer of 1903, Johnson met a black prostitute named Clara Kerr at a North Philadelphia ... a 20-year-old white woman from Sydney. The Sydney sporting ...
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Sculptor who was the first Black woman to receive a national art commission was 'a voice of her time'
Even after she returned home to Philadelphia, married and started a family further north, she continued depicting ... The 1918 lynching of Mary Turner, a Black woman from southern Georgia who ...