Equal Rights Amendment Advocacy Committee

Happy birthday to the Director of the Center for Antiracist Research X. Kendi, an author and historian who is also known for this books and presentations focused on antiracism and the study of race and discrimination. What is your favorite book by Dr. Kendi?

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Black cisgendered women typically earn $0.62 cents for every dollar that a non-Hispanic white cisgendered man makes, making TODAY the day a black woman would have to work until to earn the same as a white man earned in 2019. The would give black women a valubale tool in the fight for pay equity.

Happy Birthday to the great Amelia Earhart! Earhart was a record-breaking pilot and author, becoming the first female aviator to navigate a solo flight across the Atlantic. She was also an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, and was a member of Alice Paul's National Woman's Party.