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Manmeet Sahni

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Manmeet Sahni is an intersectional feminist passionate about issues of race, gender, sexuality, and immigration. She is keen on shining light on issues affecting the under reported community. Originally from New Delhi, India, she has lived and worked in New York. She's currently based in Quito, Ecuador, where she works with TeleSur English as their social media writer and editor. Contact Ms. Sahni @sahni_manmeet. David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

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Guest Commentary

Women’s History Month – Of ‘Broken Backs’ and Mighty Pens: How Radical Black Women’s Writings Shaped Social Movements

By Manmeet Sahni Guest Commentator

From the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, these powerful women writers have created a ripple effect, creating a regenerative role as they have inspired the future generations of Black women to pen their own powerful narratives. And decade after decade, emanating from Black women’s personal or collectively-shared experiences, there came a strong, resilient movement.

“It was November 1988,” Betty Winston Baye, recollected. “I thought I'd died and gone to heaven, being invited to be in the company of 27 other…

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