AFRO American Newspapers

The AFRO’s Baltimore Tea returns with spotlight on women in the C-suite

The AFRO's 2026 Baltimore Tea celebrates the Black community with a parade of hats and entertainment. Honoring Baltimore's leading ladies in the C-suite.
AFRO American Newspapers

Women preserve legacy through shared family names

Discover how women, including Dr. Frances 'Toni' Draper and Stephaine Courtney, preserve family legacy through shared names, defying traditional naming practices.
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 ...
The American Prospect

To Be Black, Female, and Unemployed

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When the unemployment rate for African American women hit nearly 7 percent in August, alarms went off ...

From grief, a garden blooms

Madonna’s Garden is on the only African-American, female owned florist shop in the brick city.  Inspired by her mother, ...
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29 remarkable African American heroes you might not have known about

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...

Women of Brown v. Board presentation highlights 12 African American women in landmark case

Special presentation at Kansas African American Museum shares stories of women involved in historic Supreme Court decision ...
USA Today

For these Black women Mexico City became a haven, a fresh start

MEXICO CITY − On a perfect, sunny 75-degree day, a group of Black American women gathered at a sidewalk cafe over coffee and pastries to dish about dating, the affordability of weight loss medications ...
insider.si.edu

Women and war : the changing status of American women from the 1930s to the 1950s / edited by Maria Diedrich and Dorothea Fischer-Hornung

Rev. versions of papers originally presented at the women's workshop of the biennial conference of the European Association of American Studies, held at the Freie Universität Berlin from Mar. 28-31, ...
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Camilla mourns loss of first African American female mayor

Camilla mourns loss of first African American female mayor ...