Black Women & the Pay Gap
It takes the typical Black woman 19 months to be paid what the average white man takes home in 12 months.
It takes the typical Black woman 19 months to be paid what the average white man takes home in 12 months.
Two leaders give their advice for navigating an unfair work world while trying to make the business landscape better for everyone.
Author Minda Harts shares insights and advice addressing the issues women of color face in professional settings, from the wage gap to biases and micro-aggressions.
Among Black students in higher education, women earn 64.1% of bachelor’s degrees, 71.5% of master’s degrees, more than 65.9% of doctoral, medical, and dental degrees.
She fought tirelessly for the right of all women to vote, despite facing racism within the suffrage movement.
Black history scholar and 2018-19 AAUW American Fellow Mary Phillips says it’s a misconception that women played a limited role in the Black Panther Party.
There can be no justice or equality when Black and Brown communities are seen as less deserving of basic human and civil rights.