Revolutionaries: Emma Mashinini
Emma Mashinini (1929-2017) risked her life and reputation to fight for Black worker’s rights under apartheid in South Africa. She spent months isolated in prison without chargers for her work as a tra...
16 Feb 20247min
Revolutionaries: Aguil Chut-Deng
Aguil Chut-Deng (c.1964-2022) was a freedom fighter during Sudan’s second civil war. After immigrating to Australia, she dedicated herself to improving the lives of refugees. She believed children and...
15 Feb 20247min
Revolutionaries: Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur (1947-present) was a member of the Black Liberation Army who was imprisoned and convicted of murdering a police officer. She escaped prison in 1979, and has lived in exile in Cuba ever s...
14 Feb 20248min
Revolutionaries: Madame Nwanyeruwa
Madame Nwanyeruwa (c. 1920s) organized the Aba Women’s War, a revolt staged by Nigerian women against colonial taxation. Her actions helped ignite a movement that eventually led to the fight for indep...
13 Feb 20247min
Revolutionaries: Muthoni Kirima
Muthoni Kirima (1930-2023) was a top ranking female fighter in the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonialism in Kenya. She led groups in guerrilla warfare to reclaim land and independence and beca...
12 Feb 20244min
Revolutionaries: Denise Oliver-Velez
Denise Oliver-Velez (1947-present) is a community organizer, professor, and writer whose work with the Young Lords and Black Panthers in New York City focused on the importance of feminist work within...
9 Feb 20246min
Revolutionaries: Mae Mallory
Mae Mallory (1927-2007) was one of the many Black women whose activism during the Civil Rights Era went largely unsung. As part of the Harlem Nine, she helped fight against school segregation in New Y...
8 Feb 20246min
Revolutionaries: Carlota Lucumi
Carlota Lucumí (unknown - 1843) led a violent uprising against plantation owners in Cuba. She was kidnapped from Yorubaland and forced into slave labor in Cuba. To organize a rebellion against her ens...
7 Feb 20245min
