A nonprofit group in Chicago has been empowering Black girls in the city's most underserved communities for more than 13 years. Ladies of Virtue offers mentoring, leadership development ...

Under intriguing instruction of needing to take a black pen when attending June Meeting; the ladies of Cannock and District Ladies Probus Club initially enjoyed a delicious meal of pork chops ...

Among their primary wrestlers in each of the 14 weight classes, seven are Black, two are biracial ... “Sometimes, when I have a singlet on, some guys are like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re jacked!’” ...

Lisa French does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

NPR Music is coming in hot in June in honor of Black Music Month and tapped an all-Black women lineup for the celebration. NPR Music is coming in hot in June in honor of Black Music Month, and an ...

Miranda Otto laughs when I compliment her on her excellent wig work in Ladies in Black. Slightly stiff, with its flipped ends up, it gives her a matronly air, that of a woman not quite ready to ...

Target is featuring clothing items created by Black business-owners and designers, including items made with a significant percentage of cotton grown on Black-owned family farms. Only 1.4% of U.S ...

Gordon, who is originally from Texas, grew up in cowboy culture and wanted to create an event at the Cotton Club Museum where the community could learn about the history of Black cowboys in Florida.

A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in ...

Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.” The messages came just ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man suspected of trespassing on the property of a church with a primarily Black congregation and spreading raw cotton on the front steps.