While the “backbone of the church has been Black women almost ... NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. In a 1900 speech at the National Baptist Convention, Burroughs said women within the church have ...

(Shuran Huang/Reuters) The women’s Bible group leader leaned close to me. She lowered her voice. “You know, abortion was intended to be a form of genocide against Black people and Brown people.” ...

Philyaw shares her Brief But Spectacular take on Black women, sex and the Black church. Deesha Philyaw debut ... We miss their Bear Brown arms reaching to hang clothes on the line with wooden ...

Black people had been systematically stopped from voting by White voting registrars, but Cooper, dressed in one of her finest suits ... the history of Black women fighting against racism and ...

Back in the day, for many black women, the hat -- and the "good" suit or dress that went with it -- was a break from uniforms and work clothes. And, therefore, when women went to church ...

Those named as defendants in the suit include COGIC Inc. headquartered in Memphis and Trinity Temple Church of God in ... on a Sunday when one of the women had black eyes, Wesley told the ...