February 2016 will be Black Women’s History Month on this blog. In the comments below, please nominate or second posts you woulds like to see. If you want to suggest a guest post, that would be great too!
My own suggestions, in alphabetical order:
Alice Walker
Alicia Garza
Althea Gibson
Annie Easley (pictured)
Audre Lorde
Ava DuVernay
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Harris
Bessie Smith
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cicely Tyson
Claudette Colvin
Cynthia McKinney
Diane Nash
Dorothy Height
Ella Baker
Esther Jones
Florence Griffith Joyner
Henrietta Lacks
Jessye Norman
Kerry Washington
Katherine Dunham
Leontyne Price
Lupita Nyong’o
Margaret Ekpo
Mary McLeod Bethune
Marimba Ani
Maya Angelou
Mia Love
misogynoir
Nichelle Nichols
Nina Simone
Queen Nanny
Queen Nzinga
Rama Yade
Sarah Vaughan
Shonda Rhimes
Sojourner Truth
Sophia Stewart
Stacey Dash
Viola Davis
Winnie Mandela
womanism
See also:
Guidelines for guest posts
Welcome to Black History Month 2015!
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