10 Trailblazing Black Women Columbians You Should Know

At the intersection of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, we present a list of 10 Black Women Columbians who have made history across many disciplines — from architecture to politics, anthropology to medicine. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the contributions of these trailblazers.

Learn more about each of the women we’ve profiled in the video above:

Lucy Diggs Slowe (GSAS’1915): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/lucy-diggs-slowe
Zora Neale Hurston (BC’28): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/zora-neale-hurston
Mamie Phipps Clark (GSAS’43): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/kenneth-b-clark-and-mamie-phipps-clark
Beverly L. Greene (GSAPP’45): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/beverly-l-greene
Constance Baker Motley (LAW’46): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/constance-baker-motley
Marie Maynard Daly (GSAS’47): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/marie-maynard-daly
Shirley Chisholm (TC’51): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/shirley-chisholm
Audre Lorde (LS’60): https://www.college.columbia.edu/news/multicultural-affairs-dedicates-new-audre-lorde-community-space
Ursula Burns (SEAS’82): https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/ursula-burns
Erinn Smart (BC’01): https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2021/2/2/general-columbia-trailblazer-erinn-smart-01bc.aspx

Видео 10 Trailblazing Black Women Columbians You Should Know канала Columbia University