Judge Cynthia J. Ayers, the first elected Black woman judge on the Marion County Superior Court bench, died April 19 at age ...

Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas. "Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 2 (March–April 2018): ...

Before Jean-Pierre, only one other African-American woman had been able to stand behind the White House press lectern: Judy Smith, deputy press secretary for then-Republican President George H.W ...

When Coleman turned 23 she headed to Chicago to live with two of her older brothers, hoping to make something of herself. But the Windy City offered little more to an African American woman than ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

“It is unacceptable, in a country committed to equality of opportunity, to have nine in 10 Latino senior households and more than eight in 10 African-American senior households suffer from retirement ...

FORT SMITH -- The first African-American woman to go to outer space, Mae Jemison, said she ventured beyond the earth ...

Why Write a Senior Thesis? Each year a small number of academically outstanding students choose to undertake honors work in African and African-American Studies. Candidates build upon the knowledge ...

Why Major in African American Studies? The BA in African American Studies is an interdisciplinary program examining African life and culture, both on the African continent and the diaspora. As a ...

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith titled ...