Lauren Underwood (D-IL)

National Congress of Black Women to Honor Shirley Chisholm at Annual Brunch

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 5, 2019

“Black women are awesome, but unfortunately, our true stories don’t always make the news. Mrs. Chisholm was our founder along with many great women like Dr. C. DeLores Tucker, Dr. Lezli Baskerville, Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, and the Honorable Alexis Herman,” Williams said.

Julianne Malveaux Opinion

A More Diverse Congress, a More Perfect Union?

Julianne MalveauxJanuary 11, 2019

No freedom in this homeland of the free, but this Congress offers freedom possibilities. It offers the possibility of fixing the Voting Rights Act, even as the Supreme Court has attempted to erode voting rights, even as at least two elections were stolen in 2018, those of Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Andrew Gillum in Florida.