Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position at the National Black Women's Health Project
Title:
Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position at the National Black Women's Health Project
Description:
Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position of executive director of the National Black Women's Health Project, later known as the Black Women's Health Imperative. The letter is addressed to Bylle Avery, who founded the organization. Touré was president of the D.C. chapter of the National Black Women's Health Project from 1987-1994.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1988 August 16
Genre:
business letters
"Unite to Stop Racist and Sexist Discrimination Against Black Women!" flyer
Title:
"Unite to Stop Racist and Sexist Discrimination Against Black Women!" flyer
Description:
"Unite to Stop Racist and Sexist Discrimination Against Black Women!" flyer presented by the Women of Color Caucus of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center. "Raise Your Voice" was a lunchtime demonstration on March 16, 1988 in Washington, D.C., in protest against the policies of J.W. Marriot and other companies that were prohibiting black women from wearing cornrows. The event was organized by Nkenge Touré, who was at the D.C. Rape Crisis Center at the time, and Loretta Ross, who was at the National Organization for Women at the time.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1988 March
Genre:
posters
Black Women Why Feminism?
Title:
Black Women Why Feminism?
Description:
Brochure from the Yulanda Ward Memorial Project with a list of programs for the "Black Women Why Feminism?" series from March to July 1981. Yulanda Ward was a 22 year-old student at Howard University and community activist at several organizations, including the City Wide Housing Coalition and D.C. Rape Crisis Center, when she was killed November 1980.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1981
Genre:
pamphlets
Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class
Title:
Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class at the National Arboretum, Washington, D.C. circa 1972-1974.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1972-1974
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective pamphlet
Title:
Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective pamphlet
Description:
Pamphlet about Sistersong: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, a network of local, regional and national grassroots agencies representing five primary ethnic populations/indigenous nations in the United States: African American, Arab American/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American/Indigenous. SisterSong was formed in 1997 and initially funded by the Ford Foundation to educate women of color and policy makers on reproductive and sexual health and rights; and to work towards the access of health services, information and resources that are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
undated
Genre:
pamphlets
The National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual
Title:
The National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual
Description:
Cover of the National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual. Nkenge Touré was president of the D.C. Chapter of the National Black Women's Health Project from 1987-1994. National Black Women's Health Project, later known as the Black Women's Health Imperative, was a national organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of black women.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1990
Genre:
training manuals
African Women Rising
Title:
African Women Rising
Description:
A page about the history of the International Council of African Women (ICAW) from the "African Women Rising" newsletter. Nkenge Touré co-founded the ICAW with Loretta Ross in 1982 to prepare a delegation of American women to attend the 1985 United Nations Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya. ICAW was the primary source providing information, support, and encouragement to African American women to organize delegations and attend the "herstoric" conference.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1989
Genre:
newsletters
Black United Fronts: Fighting For 150 years
Title:
Black United Fronts: Fighting For 150 years
Description:
Page one of a draft of the essay, "Black United Fronts: Fighting for 150 years." Nkenge Touré was one of the co-founders of the Women's Section of the National Black United Front, defending women's rights within Black Nationalist politics and ensuring their issues were represented.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
undated
Genre:
essays
Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself
Title:
Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself
Description:
The "Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself" workbook was written by Nkenge Touré and Elizabeth M. Ozer of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center's Community Education Department. Toure joined the D.C. Rape Crisis Center in 1974 and stayed for 13 years, serving as General Administrator and Director of Community Education.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1984
Genre:
workbooks
"We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Title:
"We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Description:
Scrapbook page with the quotation "We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" and pictures of four of the men who were killed or wounded by white officers in the Marine County courthouse incident. The scrapbook, from circa 1968 to 1969, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
"Check it out sister" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Title:
"Check it out sister" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Description:
Scrapbook page with the quotation "Check it out sister!" and pictures of two women with their fists in the air. The scrapbook from circa 1968 to 1969, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
Black Panther Party Platform and Program
Title:
Black Panther Party Platform and Program
Description:
Scrapbook page with a page from the October 1966 Black Panther Party platform and program. The scrapbook, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
Celebrating the Black Panther Party: 35th Anniversary of the Founding
Title:
Celebrating the Black Panther Party: 35th Anniversary of the Founding
Description:
Special issue of the Black Panther's newsletter, "It's About Time" from Fall/Winter 2001.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
2001 Fall-Winter
Genre:
newsletters
Two children at the People's Free Breakfast Program
Title:
Two children at the People's Free Breakfast Program
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of two children eating at the Free Breakfast Program run by Save the People at Education for Liberation Bookstore, Northeast Washington, D.C., circa 1974-1975. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1974-1975
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore
Title:
Interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of the interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore run by Save the People in Northeast Washington, D.C. circa 1976. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1976
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center
Title:
Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center, run by Save the People in Northeast Washington, D.C. on July 28, 1975. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1975 July 28
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution
Title:
Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution
Description:
Color photograph of Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution of the Council of the District of Columbia.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1979
Genre:
color photographs
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Title:
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Description:
Photograph of Loretta Ross (left) and Nkenge Touré (right) at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross on May 18, 2013.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
2013 May 18
Genre:
color photographs
Why the Free Breakfast?
Title:
Why the Free Breakfast?
Description:
Newspaper article titled "Why the Free Breakfast?", from the Black Panther Party scrapbook. The Free Breakfast Program was run by Save the People at the Education for Liberation Bookstore in Northeast Washington, D.C. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1968
Genre:
clippings (information artifacts)
Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community
Title:
Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community
Description:
Program for "Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community," the Community HIV/AIDS Educational Conference on Living, presented by Bobby Kurega Dukes Memorial, held February 4-5, 1994 in Washington, D.C.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1994 February
Genre:
programs (documents)

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