African American women were largely excluded from the idealized image of 1950s domesticity portrayed in popular culture. ... Being a 1950s woman in the working world was hard enough.

Mahon’s history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and 1980s shifts trailblazing artists like LaVern Baker, the Shirelles, Labelle, Betty Davis, and Tina Turner back to ...

The new trail to Enloe Cemetery near Mingus Mill helps uncover the long-overlooked legacy of the Great Smoky Mountains’ Black ...

When June Bacon-Bercey graduated with a degree in meteorology in the 1950s, there were hardly any women, let alone African-American women, in her field.. The same was true when she became an on ...

In her new book, Beauty Shop Politics, Professor Tiffany Gill looks at African-American women who owned beauty shops during decades before the civil rights movement. She speaks with host Michel ...

What a revelation it was to find out that women’s wrestling has its origins in Columbus, Ohio. Two former wrestlers-turned-promoters, Billy Wolfe and Al Haft set up shop Central Ohio in the 1950 ...

Eight children from Belle Glade were the inspiration for what became the first doll to accurately depict an African American child, in a way that parents and kids felt connected to the toy.

Deputy Naquianna Jefferson recently became the first African American woman to join the SWAT team.At only 30 years old, she's already had a long career protecting and serving."I worked for armored ...

She said it will serve a nice complement to the house because the lead character, a woman, ... 897 Thomas St., South Bend, opens its 1950s African American Worker’s Home on Nov. 9.

Omaha woman turns African-American doll collection into a free museum ‘Through the Eyes of a Doll’ exhibit features more than 750 historic dolls. ... 1950s DOLLS. In the 1950s, ...