The NBWHP was one of the first Black organization to mobilities around HIV/AIDS activism and to focus on Black women's experiences with HIV/AIDS, however, the NBWHP is often not discussed in histories of HIV/AIDS activism because the NBWHP was based in Atlanta and Washington D.C., whereas other major players in the HIV/AIDS activist space like Act Up were based in New York City and San Francisco because of the large populations of gay men in these cities.