African-American Women Through Eyes Of Multiracial Artist Tim Okamura's exhibit "Bronx Brooklyn Queens" explores the complexity and beauty of the soulful New York City woman while imagining her ...

Now a member of SAG-AFTRA, the New York Women in Film & TV, the Television Academy, and African American Women in Cinema, Dixon has won 15 awards, including the New York Women in Film and TV ...

A San Antonio artist is shining light on the strength and power of African American women in new exhibit called “Essence and Style: The Afro-Centric Woman.” ...

JeffriAnne Wilder always knew African-Americans came in many shades. She saw it in her own family, from her light-skinned older sister to her two dark-skinned brothers. Her complexion fell ...

5. Women with light eyes may better withstand pain. In research presented at the American Pain Society's 2014 annual meeting, anesthesiology professor Inna Belfer, MD, PhD, presented findings ...

The “Dear White People” syndrome: Why movies are obsessed with light-skinned black characters This isn't the first film to relegate dark-skinned actors to the sidelines -- but it may be the ...

Women across political and cultural spaces, like queer writer-activist Audre Lorde, Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii, and Senator Carol Moseley Braun, the first African American woman ...