Black Women, This Is What Self-Care Looks Like
A photography exhibit sponsored by Durham, N.C.’s the Beautiful Project focuses on how women of different ages and backgrounds care for themselves.
Fearless Journalist Ida B. Wells Honored With Google Doodle
On July 16, Wells’ 153rd birthday, Google honored the “fearless and uncompromising” woman with a Doodle of her typing away on typewriter, a piece of...
The Unique and Parallel Paths of Serena Williams and Misty Copeland
Both women have excelled in two different worlds, and yet they’ve provided the same inspiration for so many.
Teen Who Was Told She Would Never Speak Is Now A Talented Singer
This young woman has something to sing about.
Michelle Obama Promotes Education Initiative For Young Girls Around The World
Hundreds of students greeted first lady Michelle Obama with applause, cheers and singing when she stopped by the Mulberry School for Girls in East London...
Ava DuVernay On Why She’s Not Ashamed Of Labeling Herself A ‘Black Woman Filmmaker’
In the latest installment of AOL’s MAKERS series, Ava DuVernay, the director of “Selma,” shared her thoughts on the disparity of women in film, and...
Did Serena Williams Just Top Michael Jordan For Greatest ‘Flu Game’ Ever?
On June 11, 1997, one of the greatest moments in sports history in any league by one of the greatest athletes from any sport occurred....
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Enigmatic Portraits Show Black Figures That Never Were
Artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye paints, almost exclusively, portraits of black figures. More often than not, the person is juxtaposed against a black background, or at least...
99-YEAR-OLD DOREETHA DANIELS GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS
Doreetha Daniels received her Associate of Arts diploma for Social Science at College of the Canyons