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"Our visitors need to recognize themselves and their culture in our galleries," said William R. Valerio, CEO of the Woodmere ...
ArtsConnect hosts a community reading of Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro" speech.
Updated: May 23, 2025 at 10 A.M. EST Black women have long been celebrated for their educational achievements, but does the narrative still hold true that they are the “most educated” in 2025?
British artist Thomas J Price probably could have counted on some controversy when he erected a sculpture of a Black woman in New York’s Times Square. Unveiled on April 29, the 12-foot-high ...
A giant 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a young Black woman now sits on the north side of Duffy Square on Broadway and 46th Street facing 47th Street. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images The ...
When asked about the “importance” of being a Black man with a Black woman, Wes Moore said Black women have always been an “anchor” for Black men and their communities.
Reading NAACP honors local member of famed all-Black women’s WAC unit Reading native Phyllis Long Green was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, subject of a 2024 Netflix film.
Black Women’s History Month is a byproduct of another one of Battle’s projects. In 2013, she held her first gala for the Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Awards.
The nonprofit Buy From a Black Woman ended its partnership with H&M after four years in March claiming a shift.
Clearly frustrated at the interaction, the Black woman responds: “That’s racist, dummy.” The Karen shockingly — or not so much so — disagreed saying “Geesh, no it’s not,” multiple ...
She was the first Black woman to graduate from Penn's medical school in 1964 and recently shared how she made the most of her opportunities. There is a lot of laughter at tea time at the Simpson ...