Vogue | On the set of her clothing line debut, Serena Williams talks about the most romantic thing a guy has ever done for her, that time she tried body bowling, and the one sport she's actually bad at.
This organization was formed at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women and was a merging of about 100 different Afro-American women’s clubs including: the National Federation of African-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the National League of Colored Women of Washington, DC.
This new orientation film from the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site traces the trials and triumphs of Richmond's pioneering banker and civil rights activist. Combining the latest scholarship with rarely seen archival images, this narrated documentary chronicles Walker's unique leadership and her enduring influence on the struggle for...
A student-initiated effort results in the installation of a statue of Barbara Jordan, the first female public figure honored on the universitys campus in its 126-year history.
The first African-American woman to earn her pilot's license. Coleman was a pioneer for black civil rights, earning a pilot license at a time when black women were barred from learning to fly in the United States. She traveled to Paris, France to learn to fly.
Sojourner Truth, African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. Truth was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She devoted her life to the abolitionist...
The National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the educational, political, economic and cultural development of African American women and their families.
Mary Fields (c. 1832–1914) also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star route mail carrier in the United States. Like many slaves seperated as children, she did not know her birthday. She was a respected public figure in Cascade, and the town closed its schools to celebrate her birthday each year.
