ESSENCE has announced the honorees for its 18th annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards. The highly anticipated event is set for Thursday, February 27th, during Oscar week, at the Fairmont ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

As a new generation is discovering Elizabeth Catlett's work, Ron Rumford hopes that her message of empowerment is instilled ...

The Brooklyn-based CEO and founder of The Lay Out attributes her desire for community to her upbringing as an immigrant.

What are the latest material gown styles to try out? Read on to consider some amazing and cute long, medium, and short ...

This fact sheet is based on Pew Research Center tabulations of microdata from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey (ACS), provided through IPUMS from the University of Minnesota. All ...

In past inaugurations and other high profile political events, we’ve witnessed influential Black women in politics using ... lipstick or turning heads in African prints, her style is as fearless ...

When you Google “Black women buddy comedies,” the search engine’s What to Watch section only produces a handful of results. There’s 1997’s “B.A.P.S.,” 2017’s “Girls Trip” (which stars an ensemble of ...

It’s the end of an era. Rashida Jones, the history-making president of MSNBC and the first Black woman to lead a major television news network, is stepping down after an impactful and historic ...

However you refer to it, the garment has become somewhat of a blueprint (if you’ll pardon the pun) for the modern chore jacket worn by men and women alike. Mont St Michel Developed as the ...

However, the core of Hounsou’s work centers around reconnecting Black people to their African roots. He approaches that work through Africa Reconnect, a series of music and cultural events ...