As champions for civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, and democracy, Black women have always led the charge in shaping U.S. policy. While Black women have been on the frontlines of every ...

The saying “you don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you’ve come from” is true. It’s powerful knowing who came before you. Black women’s history is filled with heroines who led ...

The list of groundbreaking Black women in the U.S. is long and getting ever longer. But although names like Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou and Wilma Rudolph are widely known, there are many more obscure but ...

Historically, Black political power has not come easily in the United States. The institution of slavery and systems of racial inequality – from Black Codes to Jim Crow – restricted the civil and ...

Just in time for Women’s History Month, Crystal McCrary has released her latest book profiling the who’s who of influential black women in the 21st century. Inspiration: Profiles of Black Women ...

Here’s 40 of the most influential black female singers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008, Rolling Stone put together a list of the “100 greatest singers of all time.” The lineup was mighty. At the 100th ...

While Black women have been on the frontlines of every social and political movement in the United States, they have often been sidelined or not fully recognized for their contributions. As champions ...

From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S.