Women's History Month | ROUTES

What is it about Girls and Color

Jeff Oppenheim — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:01:20 +0000

Most women will tell you, fashion empowers! Racial discrimination blends with gender inequality and affects women not just nationally but globally. Even the United Nations

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US Olympic Hall of Famer Wilma Rudolph

Ellen Levitt — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:36:16 +0000

Wilma Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) is an outstanding athlete and a role model for the ages. Ms. Rudolph is remembered mostly

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Honoring our Queen Mothers in Women’s History Month

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:56:07 +0000

As owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of Routes Magazine, I remain determined to draw parallels between African and African-American cultural ties. This month we have honored

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African-American Female Geeks and Nerds

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:12:23 +0000

A Cultural Explosion of the Female Kind Geeks and Nerds are not one and the same . Yes, they are, in many aspects, kindred spirits. But while

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Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s NBT-Russian Partnership

Theda Palmer Saxton PhD — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:02:12 +0000

The Seasoned Woman Speaks Dr. Teer’s National Black Theatre at Fifth Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem New York, stood as a sacred space

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Faith Ringgold’s Retrospective Exhibit “American People”

Ellen Levitt — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:24:45 +0000

What is North American art? Who are the North American People? There are many answers to these two questions — and more likely — curators,

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U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters

Perri Gaffney — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:59:18 +0000

Queen Mother of Politics When Deomcratic U.S. House of Representative Maxine Moore Waters spoke out about the George Floyd murder she spoke with with clarity

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The NCBR and the NBTF’s Queen Mother Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin

Perri Gaffney — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:49:59 +0000

Remembering an Angel Rising After earning a Bachelor’s in Education, Sylvia taught in public school briefly. Then she received a Master’s in Library Science and

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Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola

Perri Gaffney — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:53:26 +0000

Nzinga was born about 1582 to King Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, ruler of what is modern day Angola. As children, Nzinga and her brother, Mbandi,

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Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother

Ronald Bunn — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:58:46 +0000

Alma Vessells John, revered in the Harlem community as “Sister John”, was born on September 27, 1906, and grew up in South Philadelphia in a

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Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Perri Gaffney — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:56:22 +0000

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964 on Chicago’s South Side to a homemaker and a factory worker. Watching her father struggle with

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On Being A Woman Who Is Black — Seasoned Woman, Part 3

Theda Palmer Saxton PhD — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 01:23:48 +0000

Making Something Out of Nothing My grandmother Carrie Thomas frequently said to me whenever she was unsure of the outcome of a project, “Theda baby,

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