Ashley D. Farmer

Ashley D. Farmer and Tanisha C. Ford explain the importance of biographical writing of African American women and the personal connection involved.

In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as 'just as Jim Crow' as the one she had attended in the South.

Her grass-roots efforts shaped the conversation and presented a path forward.

For more than a century, the American government has surveilled and harassed activists from marginalized communities.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

In 1966, Atlanta Project members wrote a paper on the future of white liberals in the civil rights movement.