Non-profit documents, illuminates stories of black females from around the world
by Empish J. Thomas
On Common Ground News
March 15, 2008 Issue

Mozella Galloway, President/co-founder

African-American women like Rosa Parks, Billie Holiday, Ida B. Wells, and Shirley Chisolm are an intricate part of the fabric of this country and play a vital role in its history. We can read their incredible stories in school textbooks, novels in libraries and bookstores, or even on the Internet. But many stories of black women still have not been told, written and documented. The National Black Herstory Task Force, Inc., a non-profit agency established in 1997, wants to go above and beyond the traditional way that history of black women is research, collected and written. “We knew there was little information on women of color in the schools and campuses,” said Mozella Galloway, co-founder. “When you did find information it was always on the same few people and we felt the stories of African and African-American women were being neglected.” To read the rest of this article, click here ...

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