Roxanne Brown makes history as the first African-American woman elected as president of the United Steelworkers, representing a shift in labor leadership.

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus and was arrested. Her courage helped lead the way for civil rights activists.

In honor of Women’s History Month, The Root pays tribute to African-American women working in the fastest growing field around the globe. While their numbers may be relatively few (pdf), they are ...

The picture is even worse for specific subsets of women. The share of mothers of young children in the labor market fell almost 3 percentage points in the first half of the year. Unemployment for ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When the unemployment rate for African American women hit nearly 7 percent in August, alarms went off ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita is remembering Josephine Brown, the first African American woman to serve on the Wichita ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

The history of African-American women in Hollywood is filled with immense talent often stifled by systemic racism, limited opportunities, and political suppression. Many brilliant performers faced a ...