For the last four years, the U.S. Mint issued five new quarters each year with an American woman on the reverse side. Former Rep. Barbara Lee, (D-Calif.-12), introduced the Circulating Collectible ...

The African American Cultural Center Long Beach on Sunday celebrated the launch of a new exhibit honoring the life and legacy of Doris Topsy-Elvord, also known as “Mother Doris,” an icon revered for ...

A 12-foot-tall sculpture of a lady, perceived to be an African American woman has been erected at the center of Times Square. The sculpture titled Grounded in the Stars, was recently sighted by ...

FORT SMITH -- The first African-American woman to go to outer space, Mae Jemison, said she ventured beyond the earth because she wanted to. Jemison visited the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith ...