As Cynthia Erivo accepted her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood awards, she offered up words of affirmation for ...

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the nation’s most senior military officer, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, a Black ...

Rosie the Riveters is a term to describe women who took on industrial and government jobs during WWII. Millions of women ...

A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit ...

Few know the significant role millions of women played during World War II efforts. Those women were called Rosie the ...

A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit ...

Linda Blount, president of the Atlanta-based Black Women’s Health Imperative, which aims to improve the health of Black women ...

Dr. Arlene Bennett was a pioneer for Black women at Penn's medical school after being the first to graduate in 1964.

A common CV risk factor calculator for patients with HIV underestimates risk for Black patients and women, while risk for ...

Black women are commanding screens like never before, both in front of and behind the camera. They lead stories reflecting ...

ESSENCE awards spotlighted creators and performers while emphasizing the often overlooked contributions of Black women in ...

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