Black Women

A Black woman-owned, Chicago-based grocery store created to address the city’s food deserts received a $2.5 million grant.

A Lansing, Ohio white woman is facing serious prison time after she threatened several state Representatives through voicemail.

Highlighting three Black women, Maia Chaka, Felecia M. Nave and Mia Schultz, who are breaking barriers and choosing to challenge inequity through their work and leadership. 

In honor of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, here is a list of Black women pioneers in history as well as the present day.

The changemakers told Sky News that they have now helped "more than 500 black students" to successfully flee Ukraine by "funding transport costs, like arranging taxis and other emergency needs."

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is among an elite group of changemakers who are daring to do the unthinkable when it comes to shifting the scales of justice and equality for all.

Tiffany Capri Hainesworth made history as the first Black woman to solely own a tequila brand.

As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advances in this Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process, she will no doubt face disrespect and skepticism. Lovers of democracy should ardently stand beside her. I know Black women will, writes author Jennifer R. Farmer.

From Dee Barnes to his ex-wife Nicole Young, Dr. Dre has a brutal history of domestic violence against Black women, in particular. The hip-hop icon's Super Bowl LVI halftime show performance reminded folks of that truth.

On February 1, the first day of Black History Month, West Virginia Delegate Danielle Walker (D-Monongalia), the only Black woman lawmaker in the state, received an email that included an image of a KKK member from now-former Berkeley County West Virginians For Life President Richard Demoske.

Dr. Susan M. Collins will make history as the first Black woman to sit at the helm of a federal reserve bank.

Entrepreneur Judith Jacques-Laguerre founded Black Women in Media to amplify the accomplishments and celebrate the brilliance of Black women.