Marjorie Stewart Joyner
How Marjorie Stewart Joyner helped scale Madame C.J. Walker's companies and committed herself to racial equity.
Jamaica Kincaid
This Antiguan American author and professor writes about colonialism, displacement and finding home.
Dorothy Lee Bolden
Bolden transformed domestic work from servitude to profession, creating a groundbreaking union that secured higher wages and dignity for workers.
Hattie Canty
One of the greatest strike leaders in history, Canty transformed the Las Vegas workforce and set a new precedent for unions across the U.S.
Velma Hopkins
Hopkins, a tobacco worker, helped lead one of the most significant labor actions in Southern history.
Rosina Tucker
Tucker organized the wives and families of Pullman porters, creating support networks that sustained one of the most important Black labor unions.
Maggie Lena Walker
Walker revolutionized Black economic empowerment through banking, mutual aid societies, and worker cooperatives.