Segregated bathrooms & rampant workplace sexism didn’t stop three highly educated African American women from helping NASA ...

Community leaders gathered to honor Dr. Irma Carson, who broke barriers as Bakersfield's first Black woman in city hall, ...

Black women face a continuum of inequity that shape who advances, who is extracted, and who endures the costs of ...

Long before women gained the right to vote nationwide in 1920, Black women in the Pacific Northwest were already working to shape political life—organizing clubs, building party networks, and ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book ...

The International African American Museum is hosting workshops to teach visitors the traditional art of African head wrapping ...

Returning for a second year, the Flavors of Africa event celebrates African influences in Latin American and Caribbean ...

As Black History Month approaches, the City of Las Vegas is preparing a robust calendar of events honoring African American ...

Irma Carson was the first of many, showing members in the community that if you put your mind to something you can accomplish ...

Nine Black women are suing a Chesapeake restaurant, alleging racial bias after being ejected during a November incident.

“Waiting for the Hour.” Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting on Dec. 31, 1863, where African American men, women and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the ...

After a viral fight and federal lawsuit, Cork & Bull said its reputation and revenue have been harmed, and it's looking forward to its "total vindication." ...