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Today is #BlackWomensEqualPayDay which highlights the hard fact that Black Women in America have to work 599 days to make what white men get in 365 days. Black Women are paid 39% less than their white male counterparts. This is true in every industry. Hollywood included. pic.twitter.com/wvpq9xJmVG

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 22, 2019

Today's#BlackWomensEqualPayDay
the day that marks how far Black women had to work into 2019 to catch up with what white men earned in 2018. Did you know that Black women make 39% less than white men & 21% less than white women? Please show your support. https://t.co/7mAVQZsRlJ pic.twitter.com/JOuMomlCwK

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) August 22, 2019

Black women earn .61 cents for every $1 earned by white men. They needed to have worked all of 2018 through 8/22/19 to make what men made in 2018 alone. #EqualPay #BlackWomensEqualPay

— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) August 22, 2019

Today at 2pm, tweet your support for #EqualPay. Join @MomsRising for a Twitterstorm in honor of #BlackWomensEqualPayDay. pic.twitter.com/C7YgWWpas9

— Opportunity Agenda (@oppagenda) August 22, 2019

Black women still lag behind white men and women when it comes to equal pay. Let's do all that we can to reverse that statistic and help close the wealth gap. #MuchWorkToDo #blackwomensequalpayday

— Gilda Cobb-Hunter (@GCobbHunter) August 22, 2019

I want my 870k! Over a 40 year career, black women will make between 870,000 to 940,000 less than white men. Because Black women in the United States who work full time, year-round are typically paid 61 cents for every dollar paid to white men. #blackwomensequalpayday pic.twitter.com/HKiPLCs4zM

— The Corporate Tea (@TheCorporateTea) August 22, 2019

It's #BlackWomensEqualPayDay now I know why I woke up feeling so fatigued.

— Nakisha M. Lewis (@NakLew) August 22, 2019
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