It’s taking Black women even longer to earn as much as white men as the wage gap has widened for the first time since the 1960s.
We must address the racist, sexist policies that cause structural economic inequality in America so Black women are paid what they’ve earned.
Today, I stood alongside my colleagues, Rep. Lois Frankel, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Campbell, and Melvina Ford, in support of the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking July 21 as Black Women's Equal Pay Day.
Jul 23, 2026 · 1:02 PM UTC
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