In Mississippi, a 65-year-old African American woman, Ms. Vivian Burks, was reportedly assaulted by police officers in Leake County. She was peacefully reading her Bible in a local park.

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

leading the way for generations of police women to come. There will be a ceremony in her honor from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the at the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center. "Being ...

Lawrence Police are searching for Wanda Dyer ... Wanda Dyer is a 5-foot-2 African American woman with signs of dementia who has short gray hair and was last seen wearing a black coat with a ...