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by Stacy Brown The genius, intelligence, beauty and spirit of Black women, which continues to transform the world, shined brightly again Sunday as Nia Franklin became the first Miss America in the post-swimsuit era. “It […]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, who entered the wrong apartment, mistakenly believing it  where she lived before and shooting and killing the actual tenant, was arrested Sunday and charged […]

Black women are continuing to break barriers in the realm of STEM. NASA has announced that Vanessa Wyche has been appointed as the deputy director of their Johnson Space Center; making her the first African-American […]

By Melody Hobson, blackamericaweb.com WHAT IS EQUAL PAY DAY? There is a pay gap between men and women in this country. The average American woman makes about 80 cents on the dollar compared to the […]

By Lauren Poteat Thousands of people from across the country gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the 109th Annual NAACP Convention. The daring theme of this year’s convention (“Stop Hate, Vote”) was right on target, […]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Nine members of a black family drowned when their tour boat sank on Table Rock Lake Thursday in Branson, Missouri, in 70 miles per hour winds and high waves. The […]

By Frederick H. Lowe Three African-American U.S. Senators have introduced a bill in Congress that if passed and signed into law would make lynching a federal crime. It is similar to legislation introduced earlier this […]

After 40 years, Debbie Africa has been released from Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Cambridge Springs, the first of the infamous MOVE Nine to be paroled. Founded in 1972, the Philadelphia-based Black liberation group drew national […]

It’s been almost a month since Texas teen Dajerria Becton reached a settlement with the City of McKinney over her violent arrest at a neighborhood pool party in 2015. As a recent high school grad, […]