bell hooks
“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” bell hooks. bell hooks, born Gloria Jea
Ann Allen Shockley
“There is no doubt that a well-organized Negro collection with selectively appointed books and related materials on the importance of the rich Black heritage can provide a nucleu
Cheryl Lynn Clarke
“For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an act of resistance.” &#
Anita Cornwell
“We of the fifties (and the forties and on back to when) not only had to operate from the closet but, worse yet, most of us seemed to exist in a vacuum.” –Black Lesbian i
Jewelle Gomez
“For femmes, that evolving feminist thought reacquainted us with something we kind of knew already: men and women might mistake us for “just girls” when they see our make
Sheila Alexander-Reid
“My life’s work has brought me face to face with the next generation of very diverse LGBTQ+ leaders who are deeply committed to advancing the cause of social justice and fighti
Vernetta Alston
Vernetta Alston is an American politician and attorney. A Democrat, she served on the Durham City Council from 2017 to 2020, when she succeeded MaryAnn Black in the North Carolina
Terry Taplin
Terry Taplin is a poet, slam champion, community organizer, and social democrat born and raised in Southwest Berkeley. Before being elected to represent District 2 on the City Coun
Sheena Barnes
Sheena Barnes is an at-large member of the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education in Ohio. Barnes assumed office on January 1, 2020. Barnes’ current term ends on December 3
Shay Franco-Clausen
Shay Franco-Clausen was elected to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority in 2018.The Open Space Authority is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors elected to four-yea