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Eunice Hunton Carter, first Black woman to work as a NYC prosecutor, helped take down powerful mobster

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If you are an adult, there is no such thing as ‘dressing your age’

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Watch: A new bill allows a lawsuit for calling someone racist

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Ms. Black Kentucky has ventured into the world of fashion with Shein

Ciara Johnson, the current Ms. Black Kentucky, has some of her clothing pieces available on the online shopping retailer Shein.
/ January 24, 2024
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Alice Dunnigan and Ethel L. Payne, first Black female White House reporters, honored with eponymous lectern

The names of the first Black female White House reporters live on with the designation of a new press room…
/ January 23, 2024

Atlanta’s Spelman College just got the largest-ever single donation to an HBCU

Spelman said that it would use $75 million to endow scholarships, the rest going toward academic development and housing.
/ January 19, 2024
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Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, 24, shares that she had a ‘severe’ stroke

Snoop Dogg’s daughter Cori Broadus reveals on social media she had a stroke early Thursday morning.
/ January 18, 2024
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Learning to walk alongside a leading lady: Refining my faith as a recovering misogynist

As Black women leaders increasingly seem under siege, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner examines his own struggle with misogyny.
/ January 14, 2024

A cervical tumor nearly cost me my life and changed how I viewed period products. I founded Femly to push back.

Like many Black women entrepreneurs, I launched my company without major funding from venture capital investors.
/ January 12, 2024
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Naomi Osaka advocates for paid family leave in new campaign

The new mom is parenting with Bobbie to introduce a grant to support new parents.
/ January 12, 2024
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Geneva Humdy celebrates her 70th birthday with a half-marathon after two heart surgeries

Geneva Humby's cardiologist never expressed much concern about her episodes of a racing heartbeat and shortness of breath. A second…
/ January 7, 2024
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Miss USA Cheslie Kryst to posthumously publish a book with the help of her mother

History-making pageant queen Cheslie Kryst announced a book before her tragic death in 2022.
/ January 5, 2024
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Aspiring to be a ‘cool mom’ this year? Just be yourself, says Lizzy Mathis

Lizzy Mathis, founder of the Cool Mom Co., prioritizes adaptability to change over finding balance.
/ January 4, 2024

Keisha Nash, Forest Whitaker’s former wife, died of alcoholic liver disease, reports say

Nash, the actress ex-wife of the "Godfather of Harlem" star, died Dec. 6 of alcoholic liver disease, from which she…
/ January 3, 2024

Cherelle Parker publicly sworn in as Philadelphia’s 100th mayor

Parker, 51, a Democrat with years of political experience, took the helm of the nation's sixth-largest city in a ceremony…
/ January 3, 2024