Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first African American sorority, charters its first chapter in Puerto Rico, expanding its ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the women's 100-meter freestyle Thursday night, becoming the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal in ...

While survival rates have improved overall, studies show Black women are still more likely to die from breast cancer. Channel ...

Clad in pink formal wear and accompanied by live smooth jazz, the Miami-Dade Charmettes and their sister chapters came ...

Introduction to the 1997 edition -- Part one: Historical perspectives in overview: 1. Northern Black Female Workers: Jacksonian Era / Sharon Harley ; 2. Discrimination Against Afro-American Women in ...

Roughly 300 descendants of the women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion came together on April 29 to get a glimpse of history in the making. Col. Ret. Edna Cummings (right) ...

Polk State College had offered the Introduction to African-American Studies course at least since the 2018-2019 academic year ...

The museum, named after the first African American woman to work for the USPS, honors the ties that bind Black communities to ...

Race does not significantly impact tumor mutations of triple-negative breast cancer, suggesting genetics and environmental factors are the likely reasons African American women have greater disease ...