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The Garden Initiative for Black Women’s Religious Activism is creating a historical and contemporary repository of Black women’s religious leadership in America. Please check back soon. We are regularly adding new and exciting content.
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Black Women’s Spiritual Activism and Social Change Conference October 4-6, 2024, Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, GA
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Black Women Activists
The Timeline presents a summary of key activists, moments, and movements related to the women in religion, over the past two centuries.
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Kathleen Cleaver & Son, 1971
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