1.0Autostraddlehttps://www.autostraddle.comReneice Charleshttps://www.autostraddle.com/author/renjc102/"Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History" by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Childrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zoiOapCKXN"><a href="https://www.autostraddle.com/little-leaders-bold-women-in-black-history-410697/">“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autostraddle.com/little-leaders-bold-women-in-black-history-410697/embed/#?secret=zoiOapCKXN" width="600" height="338" title="““Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child” — Autostraddle" data-secret="zoiOapCKXN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25CAF89A-FE82-4458-9B46-8A93D5ED7601.jpeg?fit=2048%2C153620481536"Close your eyes and imagine for one moment a world where little black girls spend their entire childhoods seeing women like the ones they will become in just as many books, television shows, awards ceremonies, universities, political offices, magazines, advertisements and leadership positions as their white peers do. Really picture it, and then ask yourself: what would that future look like?"