It's #HarrietTubman Day! It was on this day – March 10 – in 1913 that she passed. This is a photo from her funeral in Auburn, NY, where she was buried with military honors for her work during the Civil War. May her legacy live on! bit.ly/3emNFE1 #harriettubmanday

Members of the Osage Nation arrive at the #Oscars

On this day in 1977, Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mississippi. Rest in Power! —Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and civil rights leader. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Celebrate Women's History Month by watching the National Women's Hall of Fame induction gala, featuring many powerful speeches inc Ruby Bridges, Leticia James, Kimberlé Crenshaw & Dr Eraka Bath, daughter of Dr. Patricia Bath shine a light on the way forward. bit.ly/3TjnBws

On this day in 1831, the Supreme Court failed to enforce treaties that would have protected the Cherokee people from state and federal interference and from forcible removal later that year. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Ida B. Wells was one of our nation’s foremost critics of racial injustice through her journalistic and philanthropic endeavors. She co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in 1913 to educate Black women on how to cultivate Black candidates and ensure their votes. #WMH

Selma Burke was a sculptor & member of the Harlem Renaissance movement, best known for her bas-relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt She never received credit for her portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which was later featured on the US dime.

#FinalFour high gear excitement competes with W20's 2015 Final Four. Of these great women, 3 are now remembered in the "Quarters" Hall Of Fame (paired with Geo.?!) Our MVP now on a commemorative coin, waits 15 years+ to be crowned on the $20. Good luck to all on the court Friday!

Honestly, y’all should be embarrassed for even posting this salary. Women deserve better.

In 1893, Frederick Douglass invited Ida B. Wells to lunch. She noted a place across the street, but indicated they would not receive service there. “Mr. Douglass, in his vigorous way, grasped my arm and said, ‘Come, let’s go there.’” Together, they “sauntered in...as if it were

On this day in 1892, a white mob destroyed Ida B. Wells's newspaper office while she was away and threatened bodily harm if she returned because she challenged the myth of Black criminality. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

A statue of Sojourner Truth was unveiled yesterday in Akron, Ohio, to commemorate her words , wisdom and leadership!

Bravo Petula Dvorak ! Thank you for your courage! Finally the true cause for the delay in getting out our Tubman $20s as embarrassing as it may be for Treasury Department Federal Reserve is being reported! wapo.st/3zZcq6t

VOTE!!!! Citing how Harriet Tubman & our forbears did more with less, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II powerfully, presciently, delivered 50-min “If We Ever Needed a Voice, and a Vote, We Need It Now" sermon at TRC this morning. SPEAK NOW for justice+ bit.ly/48njExG

This is the excellent Julia Roberts ad that so provoked Snowflake Charlie Kirk.

A thread: When they tell you abortion bans don't prohibit emergent medical care, show them the evidence to the contrary. Remember their names at the polls: Amber Thurman Josseli Barnica Neveah Crain #AbortionIsHealthcare #VoteBlue

🚨 Let me spew some facts at you: States with extreme abortion restrictions have a 7% higher maternal mortality rate than the rest of the nation. Maternal deaths increased 56% in Texas from 2019 - 2022. US average was 11%. MAGA policies kill women. Period. #MAGAAbortionBan

WATCH LIVE: Harris hosts election night watch party at Howard University in D.C. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Our foremothers could never imagine that free, white women would vote against their interests, freedom, and lives. The long struggle for freedom must continue and not be lost in the powerbroker halls of smoke and mirrors. bit.ly/40Asvdp