In the 1980s, three black women scholars—Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott and Barbara Smith—published a seminal text in understanding the placement of black women in academia. Entitled All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave, this research considered the emerging fields of Black Studies and Women Studies and the frustration that Black women felt as they attempted to incorporate Black women’s scholarship in a scholarly landscape dominated by Black men and white women. In this sense, Hull’s et. al. edited volume was groundbreaking because it established a space to consider the scholarly work and influence of Black women in these fields, as well as narrating the experiences of Black women scholars.

In honor of Women’s History Month, this annual lecture series pays tribute to the spirit of Hull’s et. al. declaration, continuing in that important legacy of creating space for the voices of women/womxn junior scholars of color. This lecture series provides students, faculty, staff and the Tacoma community an opportunity to learn from, engage with, and experience the outstanding research and activism that women/womxn of color scholars produce, and how that research continues to work toward inclusivity and equity in academia.