Erykah Badu Talks Home Birthing and other resources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwGfxT7rxfQ International Center for Traditional Childbearing Black Women Birthing Justice The Birthing Project USA: Safe Birth Kits for African and Latin American Women Worldwide Have negression waiting in your inbox: Subscribe Today. Twitter | Pinterest | Kalisha.com

Remembering Mary Ellen Pleasant

"The Mother of Civil Rights in California," Mary Ellen Pleasant, one of America's first Black female millionaires, made her fortune in the San Francisco area as a partner and consultant to Gold Rush enterprisers. In the 19th Century, racist conductors ejected Pleasant from her trolley car on two occasions for which she sued in landmark … Continue reading Remembering Mary Ellen Pleasant →

Have You Heard? Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Set in Rhodesia in the 1960's, Tsitsi Dangarembga's NERVOUS CONDITIONS (1988) is a classic novel enduring unto today for its memorable protagonist and strong statements about gender inequities of women, stolen educational access and resource gaps in a politically-charged nation.

The Hollywood Reporter Addresses Black Stars’ Racial Abuses Through Life of Hattie McDaniel, the First Black Oscar Winner

In addition to recasting Hattie McDaniels for today's audiences as less of an easy-street heroine who won the first Oscar for Blacks and more of a lifelong victim of emotional abuse in Hollywood due to her color, any Millennials who love Hollywood but never knew Hattie can no longer say they were not told.