Black Women's Spotlight

[bcrusaderw]

Let's have some positivity for us.

I want to spotlight, Angela Davis, a former Black Panther, scholar, feminist, and collector many other accolades. What do you know about Ms Davis and her work? Has she inspired you? How so?

Also, respond with a black woman you want to spotlight, and a description.


A brief description of Ms. Davis.
Angela Davis is an activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed. She has authored several books, including Women, Culture & Politics. Angela Davis, born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama, became a master scholar who studied at the Sorbonne. She joined the U.S. Communist Party and was jailed for charges related to a prison outbreak, though ultimately cleared. Known for books like Women, Race & Class, she has worked as a professor and activist who advocates gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines

 

[Stir Fry]

Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is theU.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district, serving East Bay voters from 1998 to 2013 during a time when the region was designated California's 9th congressional district. She is a member of theDemocratic Party. She was the first woman to represent the 9th district and is also the first woman to represent the 13th district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucusand was the Co-Chair of the CongressionalProgressive Caucus. Lee is notable as the only member of either house of Congress to vote against the authorization of use of forcefollowing the September 11, 2001 attacks.[1]This made her a hero among many in the anti-war movement.[2] Lee has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and supports legislation creating a Department of Peace.


While a student at Mills College, she was a volunteer at the Oakland chapter of the Black Panther Party's Community Learning Center and worked on Panther co-founder Bobby Seale's 1973 Oakland mayoral campaign.[9] Lee was a staff member for United States Representative Ron Dellumsand a member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate before entering the House. She ran for Congress in a special election that created a year-long series of five special elections as various East Bay politicians vied for political office. (For a detailed account of these elections, see Special election musical chairs.)

AUMF opposition
Lee gained national attention in 2001 as the only member of congress to vote "No" on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists(AUMF), stating that she voted no not because she opposed military action but because she believed the AUMF, as written, granted overly-broad powers to wage war to the president at a time when the facts regarding the situation were not yet clear. She "warned her colleagues to be 'careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target.'"[10] Lee explained, "It was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the September 11 events—anywhere, in any country, without regard to our nation's long-term foreign policy, economic and national security interests, and without time limit. In granting these overly broad powers, the Congress failed its responsibility to understand the dimensions of its declaration.... The president has the constitutional authority to protect the nation from further attack, and he has mobilized the armed forces to do just that. The Congress should have waited for the facts to be presented and then acted with fuller knowledge of the consequences of our action."

This vote made nationwide news reports and brought about a large and extremely polarized response, with the volume of calls gridlocking the switchboard of her Capitol Hill office. Although it appears to have reflected the beliefs of the majority of her constituents, the majority of responses from elsewhere in the nation were angry and hostile, some referring to her as "communist" and "traitor". Many of the responses included death threats against her or her family to the point that the Capitol Police provided round-the-clock plainclothes bodyguards.[11] She was also criticized by politicians and in editorial pages of conservative-leaning newspapers, e.g. John Fund's column in The Wall Street Journal.[12] She was awarded the Seán MacBride Peace Prize by the International Peace Bureau in 2002 for that vote.

 

[Prynce]

R.I.P to one of our brightest queens

Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. Maya Angelou became one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary doctorate degrees Dr. Maya Angelou became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

http://www.mayaangelou.com/biography/

 

[jeh]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

Mary Styles Harris



Mary Styles Harris, Ph.D. (born June 26, 1949) is an American Biologist and Geneticist. Harris earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1971 and a Ph.D. in genetics from Cornell University in 1975. Harris worked her way up from a postdoctoral position to being the president and genetics consultant of her own company, Harris & Associates, Ltd in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

• Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Executive Director, 1977–79
• Morehouse College, Assistant professor, 1978
• Atlanta University, Assistant professor, 1980–81
• Georgia Department of Human Resources, Director of genetic services
• Harris and Associates, Founder, President, until 1987
• BioTechnical Communications, President.
• Founder, President, and Executive Producer of Journey to Wellness

Harris has dedicated her professional life to researching and providing health care information and education for the minority population. She has spent most of her professional career involved in the application and transfer of basic research to the health care field.

Harris has experience as a graduate and medical school teacher and she has had articles published in scientific and medical journals. Harris has directed a statewide screening program, been on grant review committees, and has provided private consulting for private laboratories and health organizations. Harris has produced television and radio shows, and she hosts a radio show, Journey To Wellness, and has developed a documentary, To My Sisters... A Gift For Life.

Harris' interest in preventive health care has led her to get involved in new born screening of Sickle-cell disease and sitting on the Atlanta board of the March of Dimes.

 

[jeh]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Allen

 

[jeh]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylicia_Rashād

 

[Stir Fry]

Historic photograph of 5 African American Astronauts: L-R: Stephanie Wilson (NASA Astronaut), Joan Higginbotham (NASA Astronaut), Mae Jemison (NASA Astronaut), Yvonne Cagle (NASA Astronaut), Sharon McDougle (Spacesuit Team Manager). Not pictured is Dr. Jeannette Epps (NASA Astronaut)

Taking Flight: 7 Black Female Astronauts and Aviators Who Changed History

 

[Michael9100]

Historic photograph of 5 African American Astronauts: L-R: Stephanie Wilson (NASA Astronaut), Joan Higginbotham (NASA Astronaut), Mae Jemison (NASA Astronaut), Yvonne Cagle (NASA Astronaut), Sharon McDougle (Spacesuit Team Manager). Not pictured is Dr. Jeannette Epps (NASA Astronaut)

Taking Flight: 7 Black Female Astronauts and Aviators Who Changed History

 

[Stir Fry]

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[The Mad Titan]

Madam C. J. Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove, the daughter of two slaves from Louisiana in the second half of the 19th century. She was orphaned at age 7 and soon found herself in the adult world: as a servant at 10 and married at 14. She later became a formidable businesswoman a bit by chance.

The victim of a scalp disease that made her lose her hair, Madam C.J. Warker (she took the name of her third husband) developed a formula to remedy hair problems and began to commercialize it.

Success was immediate!

Madam C.J. Warkercreated a complete range of haircare products for black women, which sold throughout the country. She toured, attended conferences, and trained her representatives - such things were almost unheard of at the time.

She became the first black millionaire businesswoman. And she decided to use her influence to lobby for the rights of black Americans.

In 1998, the United States postal service even issued a commemorative stamp to honor Madam C.J. Warker!

 

[jeh]

Shirley Chisholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jeh]

Cathay Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Stir Fry]

FEATURE: The Badass Talent of Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - The 76-year-old Atlanta Roots Music Legend

Take a look at the badass talent of Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, the 76-year-old guitarist and singer who has been rocking out since her aunt gave her a guitar at the age of 8. A legend of the Atlanta roots music scene, this grandmother has played with the likes of James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles; touring as a rhythm guitarist for Piano Red through the 1960s. Her musical influences came from the rock and blues music she heard growing up at "barn parties" in the Jim Crow South. In regards to retiring, she recently stated that she'll keep playing "until I can't play no more. Something happens, they'll have to put me in a wheelchair and roll me up on stage, because I'm a dedicated musician."

 

[Strapped]

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