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Crystal Davis becomes Plymouth’s first Black female mayor

Crystal Davis has become the first African American woman to be sworn in as mayor of the town of Plymouth. History has been ...
EURweb

Overcoming 3 Challenges African-American Female Entrepreneurs Face

*Female entrepreneurship is exploding, especially among minorities, and African-American women are leading the way. In 1997, just one in six businesses were owned by minority women. By 2015, this ...
Afro

Honoring Black women in media and the impact of mentorship

I can still remember my first day at the AFRO. Did I sleep the night before? Of that, I can’t be sure. What I do remember are the women who welcomed me into Black Press and those who prepared me for a ...
Action News 5 on MSN

Memphis’ first Black woman police officer dies, honored by MPD

The Memphis Police Department took to social media to honor the life of Captain Claudine Penn, the first Black woman in the ...
Comic Basics on MSN

African-American Actresses Nobody Hates

African-American actresses have shaped the landscape of film and television with undeniable talent and grace. These ...
The American Prospect

To Be Black, Female, and Unemployed

How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix ...
insider.si.edu

The Afro-American woman struggles and images edited by Sharon Harley and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

Introduction to the 1997 edition -- Part one: Historical perspectives in overview: 1. Northern Black Female Workers: Jacksonian Era / Sharon Harley ; 2. Discrimination Against Afro-American Women in ...
WGN Radio

Meet Dr. Kamin Samuel: The first African American female helicopter pilot in the United States Navy

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Kamin Samuel, the first African American ...
insider.si.edu

National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Women’s History Month Honoring Black Women

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates Women’s History Month by honoring Black women who spearheaded the fight for justice, equality and change.
Afro

Alice Allison Dunnigan: The pioneering White House correspondent

Alice A. Dunnigan, the Associated Negro Press representative in Washington, as she prepares to cover the Congressional Press galleries in July 1947. Dunnigan was the first woman representative of ...
ABC7 New York

Here and Now: Collette V. Smith, NFL's first African American female coach, talks new book

As a professional football player, the first African American female NFL coach and the first woman to coach the New York Jets ...
The New York Times

Elsa Honig Fine, 94, Dies; Historian Promoted Black and Female Artists

As the founder of Woman’s Art Journal and the author of influential textbooks, she documented the work of many accomplished artists who had been ignored. By Ash Wu Elsa Honig Fine, an art historian ...