Karen Arrington – Empowerment Coach, Goodwill Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Founder of The Miss Black USA Pageant, International Philanthropist and author of Your Next Level Life, 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunities for Black Women In America. ... read more »
Random House senior editor Porscha Burke keeps a copy of the Toni Morrison-edited The Black Book — an expansive encyclopedia on the accomplishments of African-Americans — on her desk at work, ... read more »
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SACRAMENTO (April 22, 2019) – The CROWN Coalition, a national alliance comprised of the National Urban League, Western Center on Law & Poverty, ... read more »
With each masterful stroke of her pen, typewriter or (later) her computer keyboard, Legendary author, Toni Morrison keeps readers of her works and listeners of her words spellbound. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives,” she once said. ... read more »
(From L to R – Linda Morgan, Cynthia Mitchell Heard, Tiffany Ferguson, Charlotte (Char) Bland, Barbara Perkins, Valarie Polk, Willa Robinson)
Co-authors of The Magic of Mentoring Pearls of Wisdom, ... read more »
NEW YORK (AP) — Kheris Rogers was in the first grade in a predominantly white private school in Los Angeles when she felt the bite of racism among her peers — she was being bullied because of her dark skin. ... read more »
HOUSTON (AP) — “Black Girl Magic” has met the bench with the swearing-in of 17 African-American female judges in the Houston area.
The 17 women all won races in ... ... read more »
This February 2019, in celebration of Black History Month, NBCBLK, the African-American news vertical of NBC News Digital, presents a month-long special feature recognizing the accomplishments, ... read more »
Part of the ‘blue wave” that hit Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms came from young women and one of those women came from Illinois. Lauren Underwood defeated Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren for Illinois’ ... read more »
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.) was elected to chair the Congressional Black Caucus during the 116th Congress. Members of the Caucus will chair five full House Committees in addition to at least 28 House Subcommittees in the coming Congress. ... read more »