12 Black women in history who pushed U.S. politics forward

As champions for civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, and democracy, Black women have always led the charge in ...
WREG

First Black woman on Memphis Police force remembered for blazing trail

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The community is mourning the loss of a trailblazer who paved the way for women of color in the police force. In 1968, Claudine Penn made history as the first African American female ...
Los Angeles Times

She was one of the first Black homeowners in the Palisades. At 96, she is starting over

In the mid-1960s, Louvenia Jenkins posed a question to her mailman: Do any Black people live in Pacific Palisades? The mail carrier, a light-skinned Black man, told her there were about half a dozen ...