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 ...

When Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin colored her natural ‘do canary-yellow after her 50th birthday, friends thought it was midlife crisis time. Advisers worried that the lemony hair would turn ...

Two good friends talk about starting the "Colored" Girl Campaign, as a way for black women to highlight and celebrate their natural features, which are often devalued in the media and the black ...

Carolyn Barringer, a retired Washington Elementary teacher, received an award for her fundraising efforts that benefit local ...

For the past decade, this Philadelphia-based establishment has created space to honor and uplift the stories of everyday ...

And Black women get that – because life has not afforded us that luxury either.” The Colored Girls have continued their work to better the communities they come from.

Screw wanting to be like these ladies when we grow up; we want to be like them now. Friends who go pastel together, well...you know the rest. 93 years young, indeed. A standout look at any age.

So the Colored Girls Museum was born, first as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and now in celebration of Women’s History Month. DuBois hopes to turn the museum into traveling exhibits, but ...