Tanya Myers and Ashley Price are on a mission to tackle divides in health care service delivery and access for Black women and girls. The duo founded Baltimore-based Shaping Health Equity (SHE) in ...

Natural hair is not a trend, it’s a lifestyle,” says Jessica L. Martinez, the second Black woman to break the record for the ...

The impact of the recent Nov. 4 election for Black women was profound. For a group that has taken loss after loss, from the Fearless Fund being sued for daring to invest in us to Dr. Claudine Gay ...

Hundreds of women wearing black have gathered in a Johannesburg park to protest gender-based violence in South Africa JOHANNESBURG -- Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on ...

Massive tapestries fill the walls of the American Contemporary Art (ACA) Galleries with subjects within them jutting out from ...

Jessica Odom told news outlets that she attempted to de-escalate the situation at the Birmingham braiding salon.

It’s been a decade since the race scandal of Rachel Dolezal shocked the nation. In 2015, Dolezal was exposed for pretending to be a Black woman, but how well do you really know her full story? From ...

Jessica “Jess” L. Martinez, a woman from New York, has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest afro on a living person (female). Her impressive afro measured 29 cm (11.42 in) tall, 31 cm (12.2 ...

"The things that make us different and unique should always be celebrated," said Jessica L. Martinez, whose afro measures over 6 feet Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

Jessica L. Martinez's hair measures 11.42 inches tall, 12.2 inches wide and 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference She told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview, "The things that make us different and ...

Jessica Martinez has just been crowned the Guinness World Records holder for the world’s largest afro, measuring 6 feet, 2 inches in circumference. Jessica Martinez, 29, was crowned the Guinness World ...