Penn joined department on Sept. 16, 1963, and made history in 1968 when she became its first African American woman police ...

How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix ...

The unemployment rate among Black women has risen sharply, while the 'double gap' of race and gender remains a structural ...

The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame marks its 40th anniversary this year, and today we're commemorating this milestone, talking ...

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...

A Black man is responsible for making sure all of us can sleep safely in our homes at night. WA Martin, who patented the ...

Breast cancer awareness, the importance of early detection and community education, particularly in the Black community.

Most Black Americans are Christian, though the share who identify as such has fallen since 2007. About three-quarters of Black adults (73%) are Christian, including 65% who are Protestant, 4% who are ...

The U.S. is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in 2020. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, making the amendment law and ensuring that ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The number of Black women elected to Congress has remained steady in recent years, but a record number of Black women have served in state legislatures this year, often the pipeline to ...

“This is a man’s world, this is a man’s world…but it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” Alexis Taylor serves as managing editor of the AFRO American Newspapers. This week, she ...