ThyBlackMan.com) There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible
Black woman a woman willing to sacrifice and face any obstacle she must for a greater cause than herself. Black women have been, and continue to be, the crucible of fortitude.
Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer and thousands of others have been the bedrock of African-American progress.
I realized in my late 20s that if you want to get it done, you better have Black women involved. That was when I, in 1977, ran for and won a seat on the first majority Black City Council in Richmond. It was the determination of Black women, some more than twice my age, that made the history possible.
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