Save Harlem Now! will host a special event celebrating remarkable Harlem women who played pivotal roles in the social justice and civil rights movements.
The virtual event on Wednesday, March 19th from 6:30 until 8:30 pm (ET) will highlight the legacies of Ella Jo Baker, Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, Augusta Savage, and other extraordinary women whose activism, leadership, and artistry helped shape history.
Ella Josephine Baker (1903 – 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades.
In New York City and the South, she worked alongside some of the most noted civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr. She also mentored emerging activists, such as Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, and Bob Moses, as leaders in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Hazel Nell Dukes (1932 – March 1, 2025) served as national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and president of the organization’s New York State chapter.
Augusta Savage (1892 – 1962) was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance and one of America’s foremost African American women artists. She worked as a sculptor and educator and fought against sexism and racism.
There is currently an effort underway to recreate Savage’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” sculpture that was created for the 1939 World’s Fair in Queens. Viewed by more than five million attendees, Savage’s sculpture was destroyed when the Fair ended.
This event costs $5. Register online here.
Save Harlem Now! advocates for designation of individual landmarks and historic districts in Harlem, for contextual zoning in Harlem, and educates the public about Harlem’s architecture, history, and culture.
Read more about Harlem history.
Illustration: Augusta Savage with her sculpture “Realization,” ca. 1938.
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