The image of an unarmed African-American woman in a flowing dress, calmly standing in front of two officers clad in head-to-toe riot gear, is being hailed as iconic, as tense protests continue in ...

How she handles criticism, how she raises her children, even her style of dress, has the potential ... at our history and see the role of African American women, it should not be surprising ...

The historian Elsa Barkley Brown wrote that if we “follow the cultural guides which African American women have left us ... a hierarchy of needs: food, clothing, shelter, identity through ...

Jacqueline Kennedy’s ivory silk taffeta wedding dress was one of the most talked ... That’s because the African-American woman behind it is one of modern history’s most overlooked fashion ...

Martin-Green is the first African-American woman to lead the cast of Star Trek. The star also currently appears on AMC’s The Walking Dead and is expected to remain on the show. So, what else is ...

Hoopskirts and Hospitals Don't Mix The first episode of Mercy Street opens with Emma Green ... women utilized fashion for very different purposes. African American women used fine clothing ...

Names like Eartha White and Sallye Mathis are known to people familiar with Jacksonville history, pioneering African-American women who broke ... the Negro Motorist Green Book was first published ...

Her hat shop, Mae's Millinery, helped dress some of the most famous African-American women in the country, including iconic singers Marian Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. Reeves hung her ...