With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President, we have come to know more about the sororities which have become family for Black women in Historically Black colleges. Though bias and biology have made them members of two marginalized groups since the nation’s founding, Black women nonetheless have been enrolling in college at rates higher than any other demographic group since the 1940’s.  And when a certain politician calls part of our economy ‘black jobs'(short for menial and low wage)he certainly hasn’t caught up to this trend.  While Black women have been going into many fields, well beyond teaching and nursing, the pay inequities with white men and women remains vast.  Rachelle Winkle-Wagner in her book, “The Chosen We: Black Women’s Empowerment in Higher Education” we read oral histories of Black women who graduated between 1954 and 2014.  Some attended Historically Black colleges and others that are predominantly white.  Their need for community was easily satisfied in the former and a challenge in the latter.  We go beyond the halls of academia to discuss the experience of Black women in America in challenging times as questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion have taken on a decidedly political caste.