The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry, later appearing in films based on those plays.

Goodwine, a Youngstown native, is the first black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Between when she walked the halls of South High School and the halls of the ...

Police in Papua New Guinea's capital brought in excavators to tear down houses at a squatter settlement following the rape and killing of a woman. Some houses were set on fire at the Baruni settlement ...

The mission Chloe set for her Collective is to “ensure that 1 in 5 people in Adland will be a Black woman by 2028.” In addition to sitting on the boards of The Gotham Film & Media Institute ...

In a political landscape that is fully intent on otherizing the Black experience, it’s more important than ever to listen to Black voices and experience Black stories. Netflix’s Black Stories ...

The Baruni area of Port Moresby has been left reeling after a horrifying and savage attack that ended in the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a woman. The incident occurred at the Watermark Estate in ...

And like any success, it was a team effort, but we do want to single out our MVP: Autumn Lockwood, an associate performance coach and the first Black woman to coach an NFL team to a Super Bowl win.

One woman turned to prayer in hopes of being sent ... Surprisingly enough, praying paid off. However, the man she was sent in 2022 after her prayers was not who she envisioned.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last ...

Brian Dillon is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on travel and home. He has covered travel destinations and trends extensively. Brian joined Newsweek in 2024 from ...