As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

Beneath an opulent chandelier in a sunlit salon, Imane Ayissi’s fall couture show once again fused African tradition with Parisian craft. Monday’s running motif was the flower, ...

North Carolina native Bessie Stringfield made eight cross-country trips solo on a motorcycle. She was the first African American woman to accomplish this feat.

The U.S. Mint has issued new quarters celebrating the contributions of African American women. Ida B. Wells, Maya Angelou, Bessie Coleman, and Pauli Murray are featured.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on Friday. As a Mobile native, family and friends in the ...

As the first African American woman to be ordained as a rabbi, Denver Rabbi Alysa Uriel Stanton's journey is one of determination, faith, and unwavering strength.

THIS MONTH, THE DEPUTY JEFFERSON BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO JOIN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SWAT TEAM. I JUST FINISHED TRAINING, GRADUATED BASIC TRAINING FOR SWAT.

African-Americans have made a vast contribution for the history of South Carolina throughout it over 300-year history. The African-American story lies at the very heart of our heritage.

The U.S. Mint and Smithsonian American Women's History Museum have unveiled the last set of American Women Quarters, to circulate in 2025.

A woman out of Omaha, Nebraska has transformed her personal collection of more than 750 historic African-American dolls into a free museum.

Famous Black artists have changed the landscape of modern and classic art, leaving their indelible mark on history. It is […] ...