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Barbara Hillary didn’t ease into retirement. She took it to the top of the world twice. The former nurse, who spent 55 …

When Dr. RoDina L. Williams reflects on her earliest days at Illinois State University (ISU), she recalls more than a campus—she remembers …

For the first time in history, Kansas City, Kansas, has elected a Black woman to its highest office. Christal Watson has officially …

A once-segregated stretch of Minneapolis has a new name — and a new legacy. What was formerly Edmund Boulevard, a street named …

In a groundbreaking move for the fashion industry, British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner has been appointed Artistic Director of Menswear at Hermès, …

On Jan. 1, 2026, Justice Cleo E. Powell will officially become the first Black woman to serve as Chief Justice of the …

History has been written in Georgiana, Alabama, where Nina Bonner has been elected as the town’s first Black woman — and first …

Minneapolis is on the verge of making history once again. City officials are advancing a proposal to rename Edmund Boulevard in honor …

Entrepreneur and author Sabrina Lamb has launched Wekeza, the first Black woman-owned global investing app offering multilingual financial education and access to …