Octavia Spencer to Play Madam C.J. Walker in Forthcoming Limited Series
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer is set to star as Madam C.J. Walker in a project based on popular biography of the mogul, On Her Own Ground . ...
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
As Expected, Black Women Were By Far Hillary Clinton's Most Reliable Voting Bloc
Hillary Clinton lost her presidential bid to Donald Trump on Tuesday. While the former Secretary of State won the popular vote, she failed t...
Monday, November 7, 2016
Four Black Women Presidents Have Been Fired from HBCUs in Two Months
The Alabama State University Board of Trustees voted, last week, to suspend Gwendolyn Boyd as president, according to AL.com . She has been...
Black Women Are the Group Most Likely to Start a Business, But Do We Reap the Rewards?
Black women are the demographic group most likely to start a business in the United States. But we manage an outsize contribution to entrepr...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Serena and Venus Williams Set to Open a Community Center in Compton
Serena and Venus Williams' rise to the top tennis began on the courts of their hometown of Compton, California, and now the champions ar...
Friday, October 28, 2016
Philadelphia 76ers Apologize to Sevyn Streeter for Blocking Her from Performing
Sevyn Streeter took to social media to tell the world the Philadelphia 76ers barred her from performing the "National Anthem" beca...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall or Fame for the 2nd Straight Year
Nineteen artists were nominated to be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. Two Black women made the final ballot for the s...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
First Black Woman Comic Book Store Owner Will Appear on the Cover of a Marvel Comic
To our knowledge, Ariell Johnson is the only Black woman currently running a comic book store on the East Coast. She owns Amalgam Comics &am...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Kerry Washington Gave Birth to a Baby Boy and Made Sure We Didn't Find Out
Kerry Washington's ability to protect her privacy and that of her family is nearly unmatched. The Scandal star gave birth to a baby boy...
Friday, October 14, 2016
Black Women Physicians Are Coming Together to Defy Stereotypes with #WhatADoctorLooksLike
Dr. Tamika Cross is accusing Delta Airlines of discriminating against her on a flight and nearly letting another passenger die in the proces...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Janet Jackson Confirms She is Pregnant at 50
Janet Jackson will soon celebrate the birth of her first child with husband Wissam Al Mana. She officially confirmed to People.com . The sin...
Monday, October 10, 2016
Solange and Beyoncé are the First Sisters to Have Number One Albums in the Same Year
It's official. Solange edged out indie folk artist Bon Iver to secure her first number one album with A Seat at the Table . Billboard r...
Friday, October 7, 2016
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "Beyoncé's Type of Feminism Is Not Mine"
Before Beyoncé used a snippet of a TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her hit song "***Flawless" in 2013, Adichie was an a...
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Yaa Gyasi and Brit Bennett Selected for National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 List
Each year the National Book Foundation celebrates literary standouts with National Book Awards and its list of most promising debut novelist...
Yaa Gyasi and Brit Bennett Selected for National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 List
Each year the National Book Foundation celebrates literary standouts with National Book Awards and its list of most promising debut novelist...
Salary Leaks Show 'Black-ish' Stars Earn a Fraction of What's Given to Stars of Less-Watched Shows
It's no surprise that Hollywood is a deeply unequal industry (most are.) But new data about the salaries of television stars reveals jus...
Monday, October 3, 2016
Author Gloria Naylor Has Passed Away at Age 66
Gloria Naylor, author of several books including The Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day , has died at 66, reports Ebony Magazine. Naylor&...
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Pot Activist Charlo Greene Now Faces 24 Years in Prison After It's Legalized
26-year-old Charlo Greene made headlines and drew praise for quitting her Alaskan reporting job live on television with a defiant "fuc...
Study Finds Black Women Are Held Back by Discrimination Not Ambition
A new study confirms what Most black women already knew. We're held back not by our lack of ambition, but because of unfriendly corporat...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
'You Had Me At Black' Gives Black Millennials Space to Share Their Most Intimate Stories
Black millennials are not letting their stories get lost. Through every medium, they're connecting and sharing with each other and the w...
"I Won't Be Silent:" Serena Williams Speaks Out Against Police Brutality
Serena Williams spoke out against police brutality in a Facebook post , writing: “As Dr Martin Luther King said ‘There comes a time when sil...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
"Locked the Black Bitch Out": North Dakota Students Film Themselves Harassing Black Student
Officials at the University of North Dakota are investigating an incident in which three people, who appear to be students, posted an image...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
No Criminal Charges Will be Filed Against Cops Who Killed Korryn Gaines
The officers who killed Korryn Gaines and shot her five-year-old son in Baltimore will not face criminal charges according to WBAL-TV . Balt...
Marley Dias Partners With Elle to Become the Editor of Her Own Magazine
Marley Dias became our hero last year when she launched a campaign to secure 1000 books with Black girl protagonists. She exceeded her goal ...
Federal Court Rules It's Legal Not to Hire Black Woman Applicant Because of Her Locs
Natural Black hair styles are still seen as deviant and unprofessional in many settings, and a recent court ruling might make it even harder...
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Sandra Bland's Family Settles for $1.9 Million
The attorney for Sandra Bland's family confirmed that they have reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful death suit against t...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
College Student Killed at J'ouvert Festival After Telling Man to Stop Grinding On Her
22-year-old Tiarah Poyau was fatally shot at the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn over the weekend. NYPD said the fatal altercation occurre...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Serena Williams Has Won More Grand Slam Matches Than Any Tennis Player Ever
Serena Williams added one more historic stat to her lengthy resume on Monday at the US Open. She won her 308th match against Yaroslava Shved...
Friday, September 2, 2016
Gabrielle Union Writes Powerful Op-Ed Following Nate Parker's Rape Allegations
Actress Gabrielle Union took to the LA Times to write an editorial on what should be done in light of the recently resurfaced rape allegati...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
South African School Rescinds Natural Hair Ban After Student Protests
Protests from students at Pretoria Girls High in South Africa have spawned a major victory. Rules banning girls from wearing their hair in n...
