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 ...

Black BRAND celebrates 10 years with Hidden Figures Honors, recognizing Black women leaders and supporting Black-owned ...

After generations in supporting roles, Black women are now leading some of America’s largest cities and reshaping how cities ...

The importance of understanding women’s and Black women’s history lies in recognizing the significant yet often overlooked contributions they have made across various fields, in everything from ...

Giva Wilkerson leads Project HEAL to help those who can't afford treatment. Giva Wilkerson is an African-American woman and one of the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from an eating disorder.

Angela Adams, and the African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee team, is working to make Milwaukee a global ...

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 ...

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts, including being the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in ...

Historian John Monsky and Ret. Col. Stephanie Dawson explore how African American troops shaped the United States military and national history.

As we enter International Black Women’s History Month, Black art has always been a means of documenting and creating history, putting out powerful stories that depict Black women’s experiences, ...