The U.S. is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in 2020. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, making the amendment law and ensuring that ...
This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When the unemployment rate for African American women hit nearly 7 percent in August, alarms went off ...
Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...
Roxanne Brown makes history as the first African-American woman elected as president of the United Steelworkers, representing a shift in labor leadership.
Her "trans-racial" experience is very different from Rachel Dolezal's, she says. — -- Verda Byrd spent the past seven decades of her life as a black woman, but at age 70, she discovered a ...
What layoffs, automation, and the rollback of DEI could mean for opportunity, stability, and power at work. If 2025 taught us ...
Black women in corporate America possess at least the same, and often greater ambition, equal qualifications, and, in some cases, outperform their peers. Yet, they remain underrepresented in top ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita is remembering Josephine Brown, the first African American woman to serve on the Wichita ...
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