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Let's face it, country music is dominated by men. But these 12 women left an indelible mark on the 2025 Stagecoach country music festival.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has added to his team of high-powered lawyers a Black woman attorney — who in 2008 sued a well-known member of the hip-hop community after surviving a sexual assault ...
Sean “Diddy” Combs Expands Legal Team With Black Female Attorney Who Survived Sexual Assault. The rapper and his defense team have made another strategic hire that suggests race is going to ...
Jenni Rose, who fronts the cowpunk group Vandoliers, embraces her life as a woman on the band’s new album: “For 36 years, I’ve tried to be anything but a trans person” ...
Popular singer says he can no longer tour in America ‘because I’m trans’ Published: Apr. 14, 2025, 12:49 p.m. Canadian singer-songwriter Bells Larsen has elected to cancel his short run of ...
George E. Johnson, the 97-year-old founder of Black hair care company JPC, shares his story of how he revolutionized the industry with his products Ultra Wave, Ultra Sheen, and Afro Sheen. Johnson ...
Maggie Lena Walker. Born July 15, 1864, in Richmond, Virginia, Maggie Walker was a pioneering leader who founded the St.Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, becoming the first woman to charter a bank ...
Morgan Freeman, Will.i.am, and several other Black celebrities have invested in Elon Musk's company. Recently, several critics of Musk have protested the California-based car and energy company ...
Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, authorities said.
Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.