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Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971), sometimes nicknamed as Misdemeanor, [3] [4] is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began on her musical career as a member of the R&B girl group Sista during the 1990s, who were part of the larger musical collective Swing Mob—led by DeVante Swing of Jodeci.
Assata Shakur was born Joanne Deborah Byron, in Flushing, Queens, New York City, on July 16, 1947. [7] She lived for three years with her mother, schoolteacher Doris E. Johnson, and retired grandparents, Lula and Frank Hill.
The "strong black woman" stereotype is a discourse through that primarily black middle-class women in the black Baptist Church instruct working-class black women on morality, self-help, and economic empowerment and assimilative values in the bigger interest of racial uplift and pride (Higginbotham, 1993).
Ruthless is an American drama series created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry.The series is produced under Perry's overall deal with Viacom/CBS. [1]
Love Thy Neighbor is a half-hour sitcom revolving around diner owner Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely) and her middle-class family's daily triumphs and struggles. The show's focal point is the Love Train Diner, an old locomotive car converted to a diner that serves up all of Hattie Mae's favorite recipes.
Claudio Saunt (2005), Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family. ISBN 0-19-531310-0; Valena Broussard Dismukes (2007), The Red-Black Connection: Contemporary Urban African-Native Americans and their Stories of Dual Identity. ISBN 978-0-9797153-0-3
Black women in the United States Senate are underrepresented twofold: the United States Senate has had ten Black elected or appointed office holders and only three Black female senators. [41] Despite this, Black women are increasingly running and being elected or appointed to offices.
Shahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954) is an American author of several books, including a paperback called The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman. [1] [2] [3] The book was controversial bringing "forth community forums, pickets and heated arguments among Black people in many parts" of the United States when it was published in 1989.