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Celebrate LGBTQIA+ & Black Histories

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ & Black Histories

A year-round, intersectional collection of lives and experiences

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Society & Culture
Celebrating Black and LGBTQIA+ histories shouldn't be limited to a certain month or day of observance. This intersectional collection brings together the experiences, voices, and life stories of individuals to give us perspective, inspiration, and to help us speak truth to power.

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ & Black Histories

A year-round, intersectional collection of lives and experiences

Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race
13 min4.3
What I Know for Sure
What I Know for Sure
Oprah Winfrey
Collected life lessons from Oprah's popular column
12 min4.4
WOLFPACK
WOLFPACK
Abby Wambach
How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
21 min4.0
Me
Me
Elton John
Elton John's Official Autobiography
19 min4.4
More Than Enough
More Than Enough
Elaine Welteroth
Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)
30 min3.7
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
How one woman's cells changed scientific thinking forever.
25 min4.3
American Savage
American Savage
Dan Savage
Insights, Slights and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love and Politics
20 min4.1

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