In “Brave. Black. First.,” meet more than 50 African American women who changed the world Nadine Daher - Reporter The women featured in Brave. Black. First. include, among others, Nina Simone ...

Feona Sharhran Huff – Mom, Author & Motivator *“Mirror Mirror Standing Tall,” written by veteran journalist Feona Sharhran Huff, offers a positive approach to how African American girls ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A new book focuses on the vast experiences African-Americans have had in Kentucky. It's called "Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home." ...

A new book will focus on South Carolina's first African American female physician. Authors Dr. Walter B. Curry, Beverly Aiken-Muhammad and Anusha Ghosh present the narrative of Dr. Matilda Evans ...

In her new book, the historian Tiya Miles shows how formative outdoor experiences helped diverse women — from Harriet Tubman to Indigenous athletes — transcend prescribed social and gender roles.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has released a new book investigating the evolving concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used to reimagine the futures and ...

African American women's fight to vote – once smothered and nearly erased from the history books – has reemerged in the 19th Amendment centennial celebration.

Judy Woodruff spoke with Elisabeth Griffith about her new book, "Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020." Full Episode Wednesday, Jun 4 ...

[New York Times] columnist Gail Collins talked her about latest book, [When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present]. She also discussed recent columns ...

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of African American music, its relationship to the formation of American identity and its larger impact on global communities.” ...

African American women play a critical role in their families’ economic security: In 2013, 66.9 percent of African American mothers were their household’s breadwinners. Access to earned sick ...

"We laud our democratic virtues to others and represent ourselves to the world as a place of freedom and equality," Eddie Glaude writes of the U.S. in his unflinching new book, "Democracy in Black ...