Black Women Led Birth of N.O.W.

Untold Feminist History: How the sidelining of Black women at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington led to the founding of the National Organization for Women

Exciting, little known history of the leading role that Black women played in the founding of N.O.W.–after having been not allowed to speak at the 1963 Civil Rights March where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech 50 years ago.

Democracy Now!, Building Bridges Community and Labor Report, Sojourner Truth Radio, Bev Grant, Judy Gorman, Fran Luck, Maretta Short, Zoharah Simmons


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