The lawsuit was filed in Illinois, the corporation's home state. Two African American women executives at McDonald's Corp. have sued the fast-food giant for racial discrimination. In a federal lawsuit ...

More Black women have been elected to state legislatures over the last decade, creating a pipeline to Congress and other ...

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the “Thrivin’ in Color” podcast welcomed a pioneer in breast cancer advocacy, ...

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 ...

Ret. Lt. Cmdr. Brenda E. Robinson, the U.S. Navy’s first African-American female pilot, has always had a fascination with airplanes. She can still remember her excitement as a child, watching as ...

A passionate doll collector is transforming her collection into a free museum that showcases America's Black history. A woman out of Omaha, Nebraska, has transformed her personal collection of more ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — She smiles just as big when talking about her days at Shrine of the Little Flower as she does her dazzling time on the beaches of Maldives. A woman ...

Ford Foundation Gallery has gathered the work of three generations of groundbreaking Black women artists in a masterclass in ...

Rosa Parks: First Statue of African-American Female to Grace Capitol Feb. 27, 2013 -- intro: Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As the first and only Black woman in many spaces, Avel Gordly learned to use her voice to amplify others'. She did this in the legislature by leading initiatives to increase cultural ...

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