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“You’ve got a fast car. I want a ticket to anywhere.” This is the infamous intro line to Tracy Chapman’s 1988 chart-topping …

A former mayor of Hartford, Connecticut is finally getting the flowers she deserves after the town has agreed to create a mural …

Following a recent report that Black Americans only represent 3% of people in the physics industry and only 2% in astronomy, astrophysicist …

A Georgia native who helped register 40,000 Black women in the state to vote is finally getting her flowers. Mamie George Williams, …

The first Black woman to be tapped New York City’s police commissioner has declared her resignation, an abrupt announcement that comes on …

A Bahamian-American aerospace engineer is breaking new ground (or air, that is) after becoming the first Black woman to secure an almost …

What a way to mark the halfway point of the year!

Edmonton-South, one of Canada’s provincial electoral districts in Alberta, Canada has just elected the first Black woman to its Alberta Legislature.

Jessie Maple, the first Black woman to write and produce a full-length feature independent film, has died, her family has confirmed. She …