Unattractive or not conventionally beautiful. Angry. Nappy-headed. Aggressive. Domineering. These are some of the ways Black women—who fall among the most unprotected and disrespected classes here in America—are described.

For Broadway fans, it is a pure delight that after 34 years, Broadway’s longest running show, “Phantom of the Opera” finally elevated a Black woman, Emilie Kouatchou, to its leading-lady role.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose signature Senegalese hair twists gave Black girls and women confidence to show up as their authentic selves, went viral in January 2020 after revealing that she had gone bald due to the autoimmune condition alopecia.

Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet laureate who cited her own poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris cited Scripture.

The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC) will commemorate 100 years of women's constitutional right to vote with National Women's Suffrage Month by sponsoring a mosaic of the iconic suffragist and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells, in the Main Hall of Union Station in Washington, DC.