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Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoChicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville...
10 Must-Read Books About Activists and Their Efforts to Change the World
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Best Books About Activists to Inspire You Books about activists and their activism can help...
New Barbie doll in ‘Inspiring Women’ series honors Madam C.J. Walker
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA new doll from Barbie’s inspiring women series will honor Madam C.J. Walker, whose hair-care...
Oprah Winfrey dons purple gown for Smithsonian painting: Inside the portrait unveiling
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWASHINGTON − A hush fell over the room 10 minutes early. Was she in the room with us? Which curtain...
Barbie honors the nation's first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, with new doll
Yahoo Life· 2 years agoMadam C.J. Walker, born in 1867, was a Black American entrepreneur who would eventually become the...
Here are the Books We Can't Wait to Read in January 2024
The Root via Yahoo News· 5 months agoYou may still be trying to squeeze in your last holiday shopping, but we’re already thinking about...
Black history celebrated at Stephen Foster Elementary School in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOral history, re-enactments and performances highlight a Black History Month program led by members...
Opinion: I used to wear a skirt because I believed women shouldn’t have the right to vote
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI once believed women should not have the right to vote. I built this belief on an absurd scaffold of misinformation. Though not challenging election officials and tech companies as per the ...
How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian...
Madam C.J. Walker’s beautiful legacy has inspired a Barbie
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAnother Black female trailblazer has been honored by Barbie. On Wednesday, Mattel debuted a doll in...