Women’s History Month

What is it about Girls and Color 12 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

What is it about Girls and Color

Jeff Oppenheim 4 weeks ago

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... Read More

Honoring our Queen Mothers in Women’s History Month 2 min read

• Publisher's Page
• Women's History Month

Honoring our Queen Mothers in Women’s History Month

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

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... Read More

Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid 3 min read

• Jazz
• Music

Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid

Ellen Levitt 4 years ago

African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her... Read More

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters 3 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

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... Read More

Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola 2 min read

• Women's History Month

Nzinga, Ancient Ruler of present-day Angola

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

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,... Read More

Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother 2 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

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... Read More

Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama 2 min read

• African-American history
• Women's History Month

Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

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... Read More

AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past 2 min read

• Publisher's Page

AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past

Ronald Bunn 4 years ago

As we close out our February issue, I find myself reflecting on the topics our Routes’ writers and photographers have shared. A recurring theme in... Read More