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The Faces of Black Feminism: Revitalizing Black Women’s Voices in the 21st Century

“Black women have been feminists since before the word ‘feminist’ existed,” said Aiesha Turman, a scholar-practitioner based in Brooklyn, N.Y. These words were uttered during an interactive panel in November open to the public which was hosted by the Brooklyn Museum on behalf of MAPP International of New York City and 651 Arts of Brooklyn, N.Y. The panel was titled: Beyond Binaries and Boxes and consisted of 5 women who are current contributors to the ever-growing space that Black women take up within feminism currently. Panels and multimedia articles on feminism are popular in specific communities, yet at times, Black women are left out of many conversations on feminism in the 21^st century which is problematic. 


There are many Millennials and women of Generation Y contributing to the voice of Black feminism on social media, on online self-publishing sites and on behalf of media platforms or at companies in which they work on a daily basis.

Mainstream feminism’s method of storytelling at times rarely highlights the trailblazers within the revitalized Black feminist movement in Western culture. Their contributions to the movement carry on the messages of Black feminism which the originators Alice Walker, Audre Lorde and bell hooks created years ago.