1954: Miriam Stevenson Miriam Stevenson was the first American to win Miss Universe.Bettmann/Getty Images Stevenson ... She was the third African American woman to win Miss USA, as well as the ...

Racial discrimination, high rates of incarceration, unemployment, a lack of affordable health services, poor health education, cultural barriers, poverty, access to health insurance, and insufficient ...

Black business owners are often frustrated by systemic racial disparities, but a new study shows how they are using race to ...

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When Greensboro hairstylist Deborah Whitaker was in high ... s African Hair Braiding.” It required a dozen custom wigs — most of them braided. The show, written by Ghanaian American playwright ...

Promising recent data suggest that 73% of Black women had a mammogram screening within the two-year study period. Yet studies suggest they are less likely to have high-quality screenings and follow-up ...

Soon he’ll be honored as the first individual Black person to get a statue on the Statehouse lawn. (AP video: Jeffrey Collins) A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American ...

It demands collective action to address the challenges African women face—chief among them is access to quality healthcare. Universal healthcare access is not only a moral imperative but a ...

Officials in California are working to remove a racist term towards Native American women in more than 30 locations in California, according to the state Natural Resources Agency. The removal of ...

A well-travelled American woman took some time to explain what a South African hun meant when she said Mzansi wasn't open to outsiders. The US lady's explanation received a lot of love from locals ...