making her the first Afro-Latina to be featured in U.S. currency. The U.S. Mint announced Cruz as the 14th woman of 20 to join the American Women Quarters Program — a 4-year project that ...

It’s her crowning glory! A Queens woman is aiming to beat the Guinness World Record for largest afro with luscious locks that reach about 14 inches high and 20 inches wide. Jessica Martinez ...

American literature celebrates seekers ... Gayl Jones considers the fate of a Black seeker in her novel “The Unicorn Woman.” After a World War II tour of duty as a cook, Buddy Ray Guy ...