Lesyslie Rackard says that through her quilts, she was able to pay tribute to George Floyd in 2020 — despite being stuck in her home.

The minstrel tradition, cartoonish and offensive as it was, still has plenty to offer ... “stands the African American woman, used, abused, ignored, and scorned.” Songs of Our Native Daughters ...

It still holds, then ... he was kissing this West Indian, African-American woman. And that was my Valentine's cover, you know? Why don't they just kiss and make up? Man, did that get people ...

Black women hold fewer leadership roles than their white counterparts, and those who attain prominence often receive less ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

Hours were spent meticulously weaving stories into hair, usually in community settings that bonded generations of women together ... Today, African American hair braiding styles still carry ...

She became the first African American woman in South Carolina to earn a medical license and passionately advocated for improved healthcare for African Americans, particularly focusing on children.

According to USA Today, many eyes are on the future of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC). “Museums in our nation’s capital should be places where individuals ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American ... of Negro Women said in a statement.

Two American women were arrested at a California immigration checkpoint after border patrol agents determined they were attempting to smuggle two children into the United States. The women were ...

Authorities in Belize said Wednesday that three American women who ... Belize said last month that the women had a build-up of fluids in their lungs but were still awaiting final test results ...