Black Women

Before she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, she fought to succeed in spite of facing

In his second term, President Obama is speaking more openly about events as he wants, especially those concerning Black America.

Despite major strides Black women remain at the bottom of the wage gap, a new Census Bureau report notes.

President Obama on Saturday dedicated his keynote speech at the Phoenix Awards — a banquet to culminate the 45th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference — to the sacrifices Black women have historically made to advance this great nation, even without much recognition. In a speech that called for equal pay, fair policing and criminal justice […]

When Nicki Minaj accepted her MTV VMA award for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Anaconda," she reminded Miley Cyrus, not to come for her.

Tracee Ellis Ross channels her disco diva mother, Diana Ross, in a recreation of the 1989 music video, "Work That Body."

Azealia Banks predicted many would be inappropriate with Nicki Minaj's wax figure. Turns out, she was right.

Marvel has reinvented Moon Boy and the Devil and the Dinosaur with a new young Black woman named Moon Girl.

NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Donald Trump: Obama Has “Set A Very Poor Standard” For African-American Presidents At Least 37 Injured, Including 2 Children, In Chicago Weekend Shootings Hundreds Support Confederate Flag In Birthplace Of The KKK Activists Demand DOJ Intervention In […]

A series of tweets published by rapper Nicki Minaj that exposed MTV for upholding a certain standard of beauty were interpreted as an “attack” by American sweetheart Taylor Swift, launching mainstream media into a frenzy that perpetuated the racist trope that is the “angry Black woman.” On Tuesday evening, Nicki took to Twitter to call out […]

Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying in police custody in the past week. Kindra Darnell Chapman, 18, was jailed last Tuesday for allegedly stealing someone’s phone on the street, according to the Huffington Post. Chapman was charged with […]