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An Open Letter on the Politics of Ambition

By Dr. Glenda Glover President, Tennessee State University – Black women all across this nation should be outraged by the commentary that a qualified African-American woman is “too ambitious” to be selected as the running mate for presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden. Biden allies, Chris Dodd, Co-Chair of the Biden Vice Presidential Selection Committee, […]

Poll Perjury by Lucius Gantt

ExpressJet Airlines, a United Express Carrier, Commemorates Ten-Year Anniversary of Historic First All-Female, African-American Flight Crew

ATLANTA – ExpressJet Airlines this week commemorated the ten-year anniversary of its flight that made history as our nation’s first commercial revenue flight operated by an all-female, African-American crew. On February 12, 2009, Captain Rachelle Jones Kerr, First Officer Stephanie Grant and Flight Attendants Diana Galloway and Robin Rogers operated a roundtrip flight between Atlanta […]

Vice President Harris Lays Out a Bold Vision and Pledges Unity in White House Ellipse Speech

How Black Women Saved Alabama — and Democracy

NOTE: In the video above Roland Martin speaks to Black women who mobilized voters in Alabama on Election Day (unrelated to story). How Black Women Saved Alabama — and Democracy By Kerra Bolton (CNN) – America, you were in danger, girl. That is until 96% of African-American voters saved democracy and human decency by defeating […]

Vice President Harris Lays Out a Bold Vision and Pledges Unity in White House Ellipse Speech

Black Women Rally Behind Hillary Clinton

By Laura Meckler (Wall Street Journal) – Hillary Clinton never goes very far without black women sharing the stage, introducing her around or casting ballots for her in outsize numbers—and they are a prime reason she stands on the cusp of claiming the Democratic presidential nomination. Black women have long played a big role in […]

Vice President Harris Lays Out a Bold Vision and Pledges Unity in White House Ellipse Speech