Pamela Smith has been appointed leader of the U.S. Park Police, becoming the first Black woman to hold the position with the 230-year-old federal agency, according to a statement from U.S. Park Police. Smith is taking over the agency as it faces multiple scandals and intense scrutiny from lawmakers after its disastrous handling of the deadly […]
Andra Day, who was recognized at the Golden Globes on Sunday for her portrayal of music legend Billie Holiday, became the second Black woman ever to win the award for best actress in a motion picture. The celebrated singer made her acting debut when she starred in the award-winning film, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, HuffPost reported. […]
“It’s the first one I have had where a suspect is in an electric wheelchair and does what she does,” Lt. Derrick Boucher said. 39-year-old Kenyeitta La-Key Gordon of East 48th St., was arrested a short time later and charged with arm robbery, possession of drug paraphernalia and currently remains in jail without bail. Police […]
Despite obstacles from the coronavirus pandemic altering the course of her food business, Charisse McGill has become the first Black woman in the state of Pennsylvania with a signature beer by adapting her famous french toast bites into a delicious brew. After establishing her french toast bites as a popular treat at different festivals and fairs […]
(BPRW) Black Woman Led On Demand Community Mobile Vaccine Unit Comes to a Neighborhood Near You Educating & Saving communities, One van at a time. (Black PR Wire) Dallas, Texas — The wake of life-altering events that have plagued our country has shaken the nation to its core at an exponential rate. There has been […]
Brehanna Daniels has never been interested in race car driving and didn’t gave the sport any thought. However, the 27-year-old is making history as NASCAR’s first Black woman tire changer according to People. Daniels tried out for the pit crew on a whim at the urging of a friend during her senior year of college at […]
A Black Michigan woman is speaking out after a Grosse Point man hung a KKK flag in a window that faces her home on Feb. 16. Je Donna Dinges told Fox 2 News Detroit she called state and federal authorities when she noticed her neighbor had hung a KKK flag in the window facing her […]
A woman who oversaw a murderous religious cult in Florida in the 1980s was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. Anna Elizabeth Young, also known as Mother Anna, pleaded no contest to two charges related to the deaths of children associated with the cult, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. In the second-degree murder charge of […]
Miami police are investigating the “vicious” homicide of a 45-year-old, Black transgender woman who was killed in her apartment earlier this month. The woman, identified by family as Alexus Braxton, was found dead on Feb. 4 inside her apartment in northeast Miami-Dade, according to People. Police said Braxton’s family grew suspicious after not hearing from […]
A Maryland resident is breaking barriers as an entrepreneur, becoming the first Black woman to solely own a tequila brand. Tiffany Hainesworth embarked on her venture after a car accident forced her to leave her career in criminal justice. “I was in a car accident, and, you know, things were bad for me, I wasn’t working. I […]