CHICAGO (AP) — Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching victim’s legacy through her foundation, died at age 50, according to family members. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. Gordon-Taylor, of suburban Chicago, died early Saturday, hours after a hospital stay. […]
Dr. Justina L. Ford was a pioneering physician who practiced medicine in Colorado, despite facing the barriers of race and gender. Dr. Ford, better known as the “Lady Doctor,” was rumored to have delivered 7,000 babies in her lifetime and was the lone Black female doctor in the state for the first half of the […]
Giving a face to the beauties in the board room.
Everyday is a day to celebrate your fellow Black woman, but we go the extra mile during the month of March. With Women’s History Month upon us, we’re taking the time to highlight the daily shows that feed our soul and remind us how fearless, powerful and bomb we are as women. Take a listen […]
The hair and fashion industry can boast of several innovators, including Madame C.J. Walker, among others. Christina M. Jenkins is one of those great minds who is largely credited for creating the hair weaving process. Christina Mae Thomas was born Christmas Day in 1920, although there are conflicting dates regarding her day of birth. She […]
A Target commercial introducing people to The Honey Pot founder Beatrice Dixon is inspiring some while, surprisingly, riling up others. During Black History Month, the corporation released a spot where Dixon talks about the difficulties of starting her popular feminine care company and how Target stepped up to help her not only get in their stores but […]
A second person was arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of Fort Valley State University student Anitra Gunn, 23. RELATED: Ft. Valley State Student Anitra Gunn Found Dead, Boyfriend Arrested On Wednesday the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took Jaivon Abron, 22, into custody. Authorities believe Abron was instrumental in concealing Gunn’s death. Abron […]
After being arrested last week, the boyfriend of Anitra Gunn has been charged with her murder. DeMarcus Little has been charged with malice murder after Gunn disappeared on Valentine’s Day and was later found dead, CNN reports. “During the investigation enough evidence was developed that gave us probable cause to obtain an arrest warrant (for murder),” Georgia […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Through laughs, tears and speeches that turned into sermons and affirmations, the overarching theme of this year’s star-studded Essence luncheon was that in an unforgiving industry that often overlooks, black women need no validation from Hollywood — or elsewhere — to appreciate their self-worth. “No one in this room derived […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said Thursday that she has gone bald due to the auto immune disease called alopecia. The freshman Massachusetts’ Democrat made a touching video for The Root, the African American-focused […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said Thursday that she has gone bald due to the auto immune disease called alopecia. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: The freshman Massachusetts’ Democrat made a touching video for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida hospital in January 1960, so forgotten and impoverished that her work was out of print and her grave left unmarked. Starting in the 1970s, when Alice Walker […]
