Black Women at the Forefront

As the current administration seeks to erase Black history, gut civil rights, and dismantle life-saving services, Black women lawmakers and leaders are among the loudest voices in raising the alarm and holding the administration accountable.

Challenging executive orders, and standing firm, these outspoken Black women include the following:

Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-CA): Representative Simon delivered a rebuttal to the current regime leader's speech in early 2025, where she warned that the mass firings and shut down of critical services would make the nation both "sicker" and "poorer."

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-CA): An outspoken activist who not only fights back verbally, but shows up at rallies, as well as prison camps, to draw attention to civil rights violations.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY): As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Clarke is loud and clear about her commitment to opposing current policies and confronting the administration whether it's "in the chambers of the House of Representatives or on the streets of America."

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA): After the disappointment of the election, Lee urged Black women in Congress to continue to fight, remembering they aren't just fighting for themselves, but for the future. 

Aimee Allison, She the People Founder: Citing Rep. Simon and Rep. Crockett as role models, Allison pointed out that after the election, Democrats were in a tailspin, but Black women in Congress were ready to meet the moment. “It’s the role that we have played historically, and we’re meeting the moment in a way a lot of other people won’t or can’t,” Allison said.

Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Serving in a conservative Supreme Court, Associate Justice Jackson's dissent of a court decision to allow the administration to drastically reduce the size of the federal government was a scathing rebuke both to the court, and the regime. Unafraid to confront the powers that be, Jackson recently stated, that "the state of our democracy" is what keeps her up at night. "I'm not afraid to use my voice," she said.

Large scale country-wide protests, such as the "Hands Off" and "No Kings" rallies were attended by largely white crowds, but Black activists have continued to work behind the scenes in other ways. Using boycotts, "State of the People" around the nation tours, and similar activities, Black activists are, like everyone else, still figuring out ways to resist the regime in these unprecedented times. 

According to Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Black women’s roles now must be “very targeted, very pinpointed, because we are in a crisis unlike anything we have seen in modern history for Black women.”

“That’s part of being a strategist. We’ll know when it’s time for us to engage, and that’s OK.”
​- ​Fatima Goss Graves, head of the National Women’s Law Center