How a Brooklyn Sisterhood of Black Women Became National Power Brokers

By Jeffery C. Mays via https://www.nytimes.com/

Ten years ago, the Olori Sisterhood was a small-time “political sorority.” Now they’re ready for a seat at the table.

Last November, when Democratic presidential candidates were still jockeying for the nomination, before the coronavirus pandemic killed more than 250,000 Americans and fervent protests against police brutality swept the nation, Senator Kamala Harris of California appeared before a group of mostly Black women in South Carolina to file officially for the state’s critical primary.

The event was hosted by Higher Heights for America, one of the largest political groups dedicated to helping Black women win elected office, and it was billed as a chance to have an intimate conversation with Ms. Harris in the midst of her historic run for the Democratic nomination for president.

“Black women decide elections,” Glynda C. Carr, president and co-founder of Higher Heights, said at the South Carolina forum. “We…

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