Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress... Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress. Dr. Martha Bireda shares how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NACWC, which operates in 45 states, convenes on July 24 in Little Rock. The Washington-based National Association of Colored Women ...

Women of color often face repetitive comments and questions that can feel dismissive, exhausting, or rooted in stereotypes.

Tyla is revisiting the subject of her identity. In a conversation with British Vogue, Tyla acknowledged that sometimes “people will choose not to understand.” “I’m at a point where I know who I am,” ...

On Thursday’s episode of radio show The Breakfast Club, Tyla refused to answer a question she had spoken to publicly at least twice before: What does it mean that she calls herself a Coloured woman ...

On September 15, 1976, Ntozake Shange’s “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” opened at the Booth Theatre, forever reshaping the form and feel of American theatre.

*South African singer Tyla released a statement in response to the criticism over her appearance on “The Breakfast Club” when she refused to answer questions about her racial identity. Co-host ...

AT a funeral in Cape Town recently, a young Colored woman ran up to her father’s sister, whom she had not seen in several months. “Hello, auntie!” she cried. Tossing her head contemptuously, the older ...