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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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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Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid

Ellen Levitt — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:00:05 +0000

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

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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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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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AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:26:11 +0000

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

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