A profile of Septima Poinsette Clark who spent 30 years of her life as a teacher and 50 years participating in a variety of racial, education, and social equality initiatives.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/septima-poinsette-clark.

A profile of Queen Nzinga, ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms (modern-day Angola) who resisted Portuguese colonization and slave trading.

Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/queen-nzinga.

A profile of Mary Church Terrell who was one of the first African-American women to earn a Bachelor’s degree and went on to become an educator, scholar, and activist.

Show notes and video at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/mary-church-terrell.

"Ida A Sword Among Lions" by Paula Giddings is a biography that details the journalistic activism of Ida B. Wells. Covering the incredibly impactful life of Wells is a huge undertaking but Giddings' delivers the goods.

Show notes available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ida-a-sword-among-lions-book-review.

A profile of Amelia Boynton Robinson who traveled the Alabama countryside promoting educational info, founded an insurance company geared towards Black people, and participated in Black voter registration initiatives.

Show notes and video at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/amelia-boynton-robinson.

In this episode of the career interview series, we’ll be hearing from Joy Williams, a media entrepreneur currently running two of her own companies.

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A profile of Lugenia Burns Hope who worked on projects to assess and address the needs of Atlanta's Black community.

Show notes and video at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/lugenia-burns-hope.