Black History: Special Delivery!!
Sislin Fay Allen was the first Black policewoman in the United Kingdom. Click the link to learn more about her experience. You know this sister faced some resistance! Click the link below to view the full article.
Equity & Exclusion, Pt. 3: The 1921 Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act. a law meant to help mothers ended up displacing a generation of Black midwives and birth workers.
Equity and Exclusion, Part 2: In January 1865, Savannah's Black ministers were asked what freedom actually required. Their answer led to Special Field Order No. 15, "40 Acres and a Mule." Within eighteen months, the promise was broken. Watch the story, one of 80 entries in Equity & Exclusion.
Equity and Exclusion: an interactive timeline tracing 250 years of federal actions and their impact on Black Americans.
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