To kick off Women’s History Month, BLACK ENTERPRISE is spotlighting 20 influential Black women and acknowledging their extraordinary journey and the barriers they’ve broken along the way.

In the U.S., Black women are more than twice as likely than white women to be killed by an intimate partner, according to 2020 data from the Violence Policy Centre.

Stereotypes such as the “angry Black woman trope” perpetuate the assumption that Black women are hostile, aggressive, overbearing and ill-tempered. In 2021, there were two CEOs who were Black women in ...

This moment isn’t just about discontent—it’s about Black women choosing to rest, to rise and to reshape what comes next.

In its fifth year, the Black Women’s Player Collective (BWPC) is doubling down on its core values, using Juneteenth as both a celebration and a call to action across women’s soccer. Founded in ...