Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Brown University professor Keisha Blain explains how Black women have shaped the fight for human rights — and why their role is essential to understanding today’s political moment.

In this conversation, Blain traces how grassroots activism, often led by Black women, helped define modern human rights movements. She also connects that history to current debates over democracy, equity and political power in the United States.

Blain examines whether rapid technological change is making democracy and human rights harder to protect — and why, despite setbacks, she believes progress is still possible.

‘We have to keep resisting,’ she says.

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