Black Women’s History Month

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Law School alum was the first woman appointed deputy U.S. solicitor general

Black Women's History Month, Jewel C. Stradford Lafontant, Law School alum was the first woman appointed deputy U.S. solicitor general /

By Nadia Alfadel Coloma Jewel C. Stradford Lafontant’s career path was marked by many firsts. In 1946, she became the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School. In 1955, she became the first African American woman to serve as assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Then in […]

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HBCU Hosts ‘100 Women For Howard: A Legacy In Motion Event’ To Empower Women In Sports And Business

Black Women's History Month, HBCU Hosts '100 Women For Howard: A Legacy In Motion Event' To Empower Women In Sports And Business /

Courtesy of Howard University Howard University celebrated the first iteration of the “100 Women for Howard: A Legacy in Motion” program on March 6, inside the HBCUs Burr Gymnasium. The event, taking place before Howard’s women’s basketball game against Norfolk State, was an initiative that brought together 100 influential women in sports and business with

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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, dies at 104

Black History, Black Women's History Month, dies at 104, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, National News, the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps /

Written By The Associated Press The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly

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The museums at Atlanta’s HBCUs are treasure troves of Black art

Black Women's History Month, The museums at Atlanta’s HBCUs are treasure troves of Black art, Women's History Month /

By Mirtha Donastorg There’s a treasure in the heart of the West End. It’s been amassed over decades, but not hoarded. It isn’t hidden away in some chest or safe but is shown to the public — for free — at the art museums of Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College. “This is a world

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