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The first and only Black woman to serve as mayor of Fulshear, Texas will have a school named after for her trailblazing …

Zainab Alema has shared her plans to make history as England’s first Black, Muslim woman rugby player. Alema, who currently works as …

Cori Bush has been sworn in as the representative of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District — making history as the state’s first-ever Black …

Cori Bush is celebrating after becoming Missouri’s first Black congresswoman. Bush beat out Republican nominee Anthony Rogers, securing almost 85 percent of …

Ramona Hood made headlines last week after she became the first-ever Black woman to be named appointed as CEO in the history …

Chidinma Nwaigwe is rewriting the rules of representation, and doing it unapologetically. At just 33 years old, the Nigerian-born lawyer has made …

Deta Hedman did not simply win a world championship on Sunday. She completed a story that had been unfolding for nearly 50 …

Seven Black women have launched Senate campaigns for 2026. This is an unprecedented surge that could result in the most Black women …

Annie Lee’s Blue Monday may be one of the most recognizable paintings in Black American art; a faceless woman dragging herself from …