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The United States faces a deeply troubling crisis that has not received the attention it deserves—the alarming number of missing or murdered Black women and girls. Despite the devastating impacts on families and communities throughout the country, the epidemic of missing or murdered Black women and girls has largely remained a silent one. It is […]
Black Girls In Art Spaces (BGIAS), a fast-growing community for Black women to explore the arts and champion Black artists, has expanded from an initial meetup at a Dallas art gallery to more two dozen chapters across the US and abroad in just two years.
In August 2006, J.T. (Ted) Childs, Jr. retired from IBM after a 39-year career as a member of the corporate human resources team. Upon retiring, he founded Ted Childs® LLC, which serves as a global strategic diversity advisor to senior management and a client’s workforce diversity team. Childs holds life memberships in the National Association […]
Content From: HIV.gov•Published: April 05, 2024•3 min read TopicsCommunities of ColorOIDPOffice of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS PolicyWomen & GirlsWomen & Girls In solidarity with the theme of the 2023 US Conference on HIV/AIDS, “A Love Letter to Black Women,” the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP), led by its Director, Kaye Hayes, […]
American women have had to fight for their right to an education. Well into the 20th century, women were discouraged from pursuing higher education, as it was a popular notion that too much education would make a woman unfit for marriage. Women of color and poor women also experienced other structural impediments to their education […]
Whether they’re looking for a weekend girls’ trip, a short-term solo getaway, or a new place to call home, Black women are on the move. Universal Pictures The number of Black women searching for international travel options has risen since the recent election results were announced. However, the interest in experiencing what it’s like to […]
On this edition of Your Call, Dr. Jenn M. Jackson discusses their new book, Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism, which documents the central role Black women have played in liberation movements, both in US history and their own life. Jackson writes about the wisdom from Black women like Ida B. Wells, Audre […]
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Cynthia Erivo has quickly garnered a lot of fame in Hollywood despite the relatively short time she has spent in her acting career. The Grammy Award winner has become one of the most talked-about actresses all around after her portrayal of Elphaba in the highly acclaimed Wicked, where she starred opposite Ariana Grande. Despite the […]
Jedidah Isler is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Yale. In 2014, Isler’s thesis examined the physics of particle jets emanating from black holes at the centers of distant galaxies. Almost 40 years separate Isler’s award-winning study and Shirley Ann Jackson’s achievement. Jackson, the first woman to be named Black […]