Black History Month is more than reading about the Black achievements, stories, people, and movements that shaped the U.S. It's essential to take these readings and teachings and put them into action.
Civil Rghts champion Archbishop Tutu's support for truth and reconciliation initiatives helped the people of South Africa begin healing from apartheid.
The deaths of Black women and girls are often missing from the headlines, despite routinely being victims of violence. Bias stereotypes and racial disparities in the media coverage further victimize Black women and girls by tarnishing their names and repetitions, hindering justice.
Malcolm X was a major figure of the Civil Rights Movement who promoted Black nationalism, self-defense, and liberation before his assassination in 1965. His life, legacy, and death are still remembered more than 50 years later.
AAPI hate crimes have disproportionately been against women who already experience a specific type of racialized, sexualized, and gendered violence.
Victims of domestic violence find it harder to leave their partners due to being financially manipulated and dependent on them. As a result, many are forced into poverty or debt once they can escape.
Two years after being murdered by the police and the focus of protests, the fight to get justice for Breonna Taylor continues.
Miles de migrantes han desaparecido por crueles polÃticas migratorias, haciendo que sus familiares busquen respuestas y sus restos.
Due to ableist and racist standards, the mere existence of Black disabled people increases their incidence of violent treatment and death.
Thousands of migrants have disappeared due to cruel U.S. immigration policies, causing their relatives to search for answers and their remains.
