Throughout history, Black women have faced immense challenges and systemic oppression, yet they consistently rise above adversity. As we reflect on the recent ...

Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to ...

WILKERSON: Ebby is an African American young woman who's grown up under privileged circumstances. She lives in this gorgeous community in Connecticut. She loves being from an old New England family.

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.