Emma Mashinini (1929-2017) risked her life and reputation to fight for Black worker’s rights under apartheid in South Africa....

Sara Little Turnbull was a force in the world of material science and industrial design. It’s safe to say most people will have...

Aguil Chut-Deng (c.1964-2022) was a freedom fighter during Sudan’s second civil war. After immigrating to Australia, she...

Assata Shakur (1947-present) was a member of the Black Liberation Army who was imprisoned and convicted of murdering a police...

Madame Nwanyeruwa (c. 1920s) organized the Aba Women’s War, a revolt staged by Nigerian women against colonial taxation. Her...

Muthoni Kirima (1930-2023) was a top ranking female fighter in the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonialism in Kenya. She...

Denise Oliver-Velez (1947-present) is a community organizer, professor, and writer whose work with the Young Lords and Black...

The Australian physicist Ruby Payne-Scott helped lay the groundwork for a whole new kind of astronomy: radio astronomy. By...

Mae Mallory (1927-2007) was one of the many Black women whose activism during the Civil Rights Era went largely unsung. As part...