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Faye Williams – Growing Sisterspace

Faye Williams – Growing Sisterspace

Faye Williams, founder of Sisterspace and Books in Washington, D.C. has spent her adult life organizing in support of her community and actively resisting
racism, fascism, and other antidemocratic forces.

Posted on July 24, 2025 Posted in Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with activist, Alice Walker, American Studies, Angela Davis, anti abortionist, Atlanta Georgia, bell hooks, Black authors, Black books, Black community, Black feminism, Black Liberation, Black movement, Black Nationalism, Black woman, Black women activists, Black women books, Black womens Self Help Collective, bookstore, Byllye Avery, Cade Museum, Carol Downer, Cassandra Burke, Charles Ogletree, clothing store, consignment shop, domestic violence, Dream Defenders, Faye Williams, FBP Socialist Party, feminist, feminist movement, Feminist Womens Health Center, Florida State University, forum, Freedom Socialist Party, Gainesville Florida, Gainesville High School, gentrification, George Washington University, Hillary Clinton, homophobia, lesbian, Linda Curtis, M.A.M.A.’s Club, Mama’s Club, Manning Barron, Mari0n Banzhaf, Marion Barry mayor of DC, New York, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia Butler, Porters Community Center, Porters Quarters, protesting, racism, Random House, sexism, Sisterfire Festival, SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, southern, Tallahassee, Toni Morrison, University of District of Columbia, University of Florida, Washington Women’s Self Help Collective, womanism, womens health care, Woody Blue

Mandy Carter at the Center of a Lesbian-Feminist Activist Hotbed

Mandy Carter at the Center of a Lesbian-Feminist Activist Hotbed

Mandy Carter Photo by Bill Bamberger. Used with permission.

Mandy Carter, Southern Black lesbian activist and worker for the War Resisters League, marched for peace, helped start SONG, and coproduced Rhythm Fest, a “workers festival.”

Posted on June 9, 2025 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with activist, AFSC, American Friends Service Committee High School Work Camp, Black pride, Durham North Carolina, HBCU, Highlander Center, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institute for the Study of Non-Violence, Ladyslipper, lesbian feminist, National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, NLGTF, Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania, pride celebrations, Quakers, Real Women Productions, Rhythm Fest, SONG, southern, Southerners on New Ground, TALF, Triangle Area Lesbian Feminists, Triangle Black Pride, War Resisters League, WRL

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