black women

Saartjie Baartman's history is our history.

After a long battle to include protective hairstyles for women of color in their uniform policy, the Marine Corps Uniform Board 215 decided to make the traditional hairstyles permissible options, as long as the styles are "professional and neat in appearance."

Douglasville residents were thrilled to see a change in the political makeup of their small, rural city last week when Rochelle Robinson was elected mayor, making her both the first female and the first Black politician to hold the seat,

Yet, African-Americans still bear the brunt of the epidemic, accounting for 44 percent of new infections each year.

Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty on 18 of 36 charges, which ranged from rape, sexual battery and other charges.

You're never too old to put this on your Christmas list.

Black women, don't you ever get tired?

"I wouldn't want anyone else to go through what we did," said Jess Gregory, one of the woman who was turned away.

Every family has a health story and in Jacqueline Sheppard’s family cancer is a running theme. For the 38-year-old Maryland mother it’s hard for her…

Thousands of women (and men) are banding together to share their stories and fight to find a cure for breast cancer. With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, social media activists have sought to maintain a culture of awareness for the better -- and sometimes the worse.

A new Forbes report that details the wealth and opportunity disparities between Black women and their White counterparts has been released. President Barack Obama addressed…

Chanting "shame on you" at #racistclub #dstrkt pic.twitter.com/mlarULsgh3 — usayd (@usayd) September 29, 2015 As promised, the women turned away from a London club for being…