Without denying the scientific realities of the climate and other crises humanity faces, it’s even more important for people to realize...

Throughout a 60-year career of renowned jazz piano mastery, Beegie Adair's unique style left a lasting impact on classic songs. While...

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Known as "the Voice of Selma," Bettie Mae Fikes became a Civil Rights Movement activist at age 15 and never looked back. Her powerful...

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Across the globe, men often appear to dominate the acoustic art of drumming and drumming performance. Closer inspection, however, reveals...

Enjoy 'The Queen of American Folk Music.' Remembering Odetta, Voice of the Civil Rights Movement - Profile of the legendary...

Persevere. Strive. Learn. Feel. Perceive. Share. Find your power and use it. Octavia E. Butler's Self-Talk - This link is to the...

Now little-known or forgotten, sharing a cup of tea was an important catalyst for building the friendships, sense of community...

The term ‘Cholita’ long has been a derogatory name for young Indigenous women. Nowadays, Cholitas in Bolivia, proudly wear traditional...

The first racially-integrated, all-female jazz band to tour nationally, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm defied Jim Crow between...

Meet some ground-breaking women who raised their voices in diverse ways, despite the 'sound barriers' dictating they should not be heard....

Her career as a poet began at age seven. At fifteen, she met Langston Hughes, and published her first book of poetry at age...

Almost lost to history, the story of Eluard Luchell McDaniels' powerful impact on budding photographer Consuelo Kanaga is one for the...

Florestine Perrault Collins was born in 1895, and began taking photographs at age 14. She was the first Black female photographer to own...

In 1995, over 40,000 women from across the globe convened at the largest gathering of women ever held -- the United Nations' Fourth...

Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was an English botanist and the first female photographer, using photographic techniques, but not a camera, to...

Amplifying vision-expanding, heart-shaking, head-moving voices that open us to wider and deeper connections with real persons, real...

Baaéetitchish (One Who Is Talented), is Wendy Red Star's Apsáalooke (Crow) name. Her artwork reimagines images of Native peoples by...

Although virtually unknown to most Americans, Amelia Boynton Robinson's life touched on so many aspects of the struggle for civil rights...