Jeremiah Wright, the African American minister ... of the black church; they also dominated church power and politics. Denied the chance to preach, growing numbers of women, mostly middle class ...

“The African American church is predominantly comprised of Black women. When you looked at this most recent election, you saw an African American woman rise to a level of political ascendancy we ...

DC Mary Church Terrell is one of those figures, a social justice activist who became a teacher at the nation's first African American public high school - now known as Dunbar High School.