Before Sewell was selected Wednesday, no Black woman held a leadership position on the Ways and Means Committee in the panel's 236-year history.

Herb Conaway is the first Black person to represent the 3rd congressional district. Nichole Roberts is the first Black woman ...

Black women across the world continued to shatter glass ceilings, redefined leadership, and made their mark in every field ...

The assassination attempts were key in securing Trump’s support among Christian women. They solidified the belief that the ...

In their new book, Dr. Jenn Jackson shines a light on the central role of Black women in liberation movements, both in US ...

The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) became the longest-serving black senator on Friday when he was sworn into the 119th Congress. The ...

While there were some achievements in sports and a few incremental gains in political representation, the overall trend ...

Taking her seat in the House is Sarah McBride, who officially became the first transgender person to serve in Congress upon ...

saw unimaginable headlines that included a dizzying and historic presidential election and assassination attempts not seen in ...

The town of Pennsauken, which is racially diverse, has had an African American mayor and a woman mayor, but never an African American woman.

Why has there never been a woman president?” my 8-year-old daughter, Lotus, asked me in 2008 when Barack Obama became our ...