Black women in history

Learn more about five incredible Black women in history that everyone should know about.

These influential Black women in history rarely have their stories told in school and helped pave the way in politics, the arts, sports, and more.

Born Araminta “Minty” Ross in Maryland around 1822, “Harriet” adopted her mother’s name after escaping slavery.

womenwhokickass: “ Image Caption: “Claudette Colvin. Nine months before Rosa parks’ famous bus boycott, Calvin at 15 refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. She was inspired to stand up for...

Credit: NASABlack history month may be over but today marks the first day of women’s history month, an annual month highlighting the…

Post with 279 views. Angela Davis c. 1975

Former president Donald Trump is the subject of the first-ever presidential mug shot.

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A daughter recalls her journalist father’s reporting of the desegregation of the Little Rock, Ark., public schools in 1957.

They say that winners write history and the losers - poetry. But in this case - where the following women were absolute winners - they were unfairly left out of the pages of history books. Or just mentioned in a sentence or two, failing to provide them the credit that they deserved. As so many marvelous inventions and creations can be credited back to these amazing people, Bored Panda feels the need for these names to be heard. Because as history and the media shows us - the voices of black…