black women veterans
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How a Ga. Mom Is Promoting Social Awareness Through Black-Themed School Supplies
In a world where black people, especially black women, are underrepresented in many fields, one woman believed that this needed to change, and that it could start with something as simple as school supplies. And so Nneka, a young entrepreneur and military veteran who goes by one name, came up with the idea to start featuring black culture…
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Sister, Soldier, Voter: Tapping Into the Hidden Vote of the Black Military Woman
America should rethink the “American soldier” mythology during this year’s presidential election. The conventional wisdom, from politics to pop culture, that the military voter is white, male and Republican runs deep and false. A recent episode of HBO’s Veep showed a presidential election tipping Republican because of absentee ballots from a military town. Republican and…