black women

Report: 100% of Black Women Interviewed in STEM Study Experienced Gender and Racial Bias

Video:100 years of black hairstyles in less than 60 seconds

Black Woman Shot Dead By Police: Where Is National Outcry?

Video: ‘Light Girls’ film to explore colorism in Black community

Viola Davis describes as being ‘less than classically beautiful,’ black women defend star

The Darkest Rose: Colorism Shows No Beauty

Study: despite being political powerhouses, black women remain absent from politics

People magazine sued for racism

Military to ease up on hairstyle policy after complaints of discrimination from black recruits

Georgia makes history: has largest number of black women on single ballot

Report: for every $1 a white man makes, black women earn 62 cents

Lupita Nyong’o options rights to film based on Americanah

Former Spelman co-valedictorians continue to succeed with self-help book

With moving words, Oprah Winfrey reflects on legacy of Maya Angelou

Did ‘SNL’ go too far? Leslie Jones ruffles feathers with slave skit

D.L. Hughley apologizes for Columbus Short remarks

Queen Latifah set to star in Bessie Smith biopic

Defense Secretary calls for military to review discriminatory hair policies

Chicago Department of Health seeks participants for HIV prevention focus group

Who Will Keep My Sister?: A Dialogue & Discussion on the Criminalization of Black Women & Girls

Singer Dencia not so thrilled about Lupita Nyong’o’s Lancôme deal

White House petition started in protest of army’s grooming policies

Cries of racial bias follow release of U.S. Army’s new grooming policy

Study: black women have more financial burdens than whites

Woman files lawsuit against Planet Fitness over religious head covering

Bodies of Houston couple found dead in Texas

Woman shot in head expected to make miraculous recovery, posts to Facebook

Clip of the day: ‘Behind the Veil: God’s Victory’

Black women 8 times more likely to die during childbirth in New York City

Robin Roberts comes out

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