Black Women
Culture
Tony-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau wants to make American theater better for black people
She’s nominated for her work on the hit Broadway musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’
Sports
Olympic champion Allyson Felix tells Congress about the black maternal health crisis
The sprinter, a six-time gold medalist, breaks from training to tell legislators about her emergency C-section and the need for public health reform
Culture
An ode to ‘Jet’ magazine’s ‘Beauty of the Week’
Parent company Johnson Publishing filed for bankruptcy last week
Culture
Lorraine Branham showed me that a black woman could succeed in journalism
A friend and mentor, the longtime newspaper editor and educator died this week at 66
Culture
‘What Men Want’ is an excellent sports movie with a woman, Taraji P. Henson, at its center
Karl-Anthony Towns, Shaq, Grant Hill and Lisa Leslie have cameos in new comedy
Culture
‘Clemency,’ the best film at Sundance, was written and directed by a black woman
Director Chinonye Chukwu brings a gripping story of death row to the film festival
Culture
Sundance report: Tichina Arnold reflects on ‘Martin’ and black women in Hollywood
Co-starring in the Brad Pitt-produced ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ Arnold says, ‘I can play anything.’
Culture
Can a black heroine fix the racist stereotypes infecting ‘King Kong’?
In new Broadway production, actress Christiani Pitts steps into the role first made famous by Fay Wray
Culture
Michelle Obama, Gabrielle Union, Cardi B and Kim Porter turn private truths about black mothers into public realities that need to be heard
Famous black women bring recognizable faces to issues like infertility and surrogacy, which have long been coded as white