A demand for nurse-midwifery care emerged in the immediate ... "granny," who was still delivering a large number of African American women in the South. The Children's Bureau provided consultation ...

Mamie “Peanut” Johnson is one of only three female players to ever play in the Negro League. Shown here, Johnson being honored on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, 2014.

Adriana Smith, declared braindead in February, delivered a baby via C-Section. The newborn, Chance, is in NICU.

The Pentagon may rename Navy ships honoring Harriet Tubman and Thurgood Marshall. Maryland leaders urge the Navy to preserve ...

Councilman Anthony Mattox Jr.'s campaign was still taxiing on the runway, waiting for his election petitions to be validated.

19, 20 In this article we highlight manifestations of structural and individual racism in the reproductive health experience of Black women living ... as Black or African American, and had lived ...

Esther Ngumbi thinks of the sacrifices her Kenyan dad made to ensure that not only his son but his four daughters got an ...

Elizabeth Freeman’s life was amazing. There was nobody like her and there will never be another like her," said the play's co ...

As Juneteenth marks 160 years since the abolition of slavery in the United States, communities across the nation are ...

Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?” asked Judge William Young, in a ruling that reinstated funding to the National ...

The far right is pushing a dangerous conspiracy theory about the man accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker.

Financial advisors and other female wealth management professionals say eliminating the self-doubt represents an important ...