“Dr. Sherita Golden’s experience ironically aligns with most organizations’ typical and historic stance toward Black women,” shared DEI consultant and decolonial educator Joquina Reed.

Men commanded the pulpits of the black church; they also dominated church power and politics. Denied the chance to preach, growing numbers of women, mostly middle class, found ways to participate ...

Centuries of racism, along with the harmful strong Black woman stereotype — that Black women are more resilient and inherently stronger than white women — have had catastrophic effects on the ...

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The holiday shopping season has begun, with Black Friday now upon us and Cyber ... You see, each year I receive the catalog from Sunnyland Farms, the 75-year-old mail-order business tied to ...

Black women are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than White women, but new research is showing this applies to all forms of the disease — and examines why. In the study, published ...

Deneshia and Joi stopped by his studio to talk all about vulnerability in the Black Community ... Deneshia says, "Nicola is one of those women who always drops little golden nuggets of wisdom." ...

No Black woman served as a main speaker during the commencement. Some women were featured in various other roles – activist and actress Ruby Dee emceed the event with her husband, Ossie Davis.

A 2023 report looking at breastfeeding initiation in 2020 and 2021 revealed that Black women, compared to other racial and ethnic groups, were the least likely to initiate breastfeeding.

Like many other African American Democrats, Harris is a member of a predominantly Black, social-justice-oriented church, and her pastor, Amos C. Brown, is a veteran of civil-rights campaigns.

In 2019, young Black women in particular were 60% more likely to attempt suicide than their white peers. In many Black communities, the church is often a hub for many services beyond spiritual uplift.