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Madam C.J. Walker was the first self-made female millionaire. Barbie honors her with new doll
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 years agoHair care entrepreneur and activist Madam C.J. Walker was the first recorded self-made female...
Iowa school principal dies following school shooting
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoPrincipal Dan Marburger died early Sunday as the result of injuries he sustained in a school shooting at Perry High School January 4 in Perry Iowa, his...
Anna May Wong Quarters Enter Circulation Today
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAnna May Wong to Appear on U.S. Quartersullstein bild Dtl. - Getty Images Anna May Wong, largely considered the first Chinese American movie star, has...
Simon & Schuster marks centennial with list of 100 notable books, from 'Catch-22' to 'Eloise'
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoOne of the world’s largest and most influential publishers, Simon & Schuster, celebrates its 100th...
A year after sex scandal and suicide, Kansas City children’s theater names new leader
Kansas City Star via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months ago“I think with a tragedy like that, and with the adversity, if the organization was not worth...
Barbie honors the nation's first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, with new doll
Yahoo Life· 2 years agoMadam C.J. Walker, born in 1867, was a Black American entrepreneur who would eventually become the...
Oprah Winfrey dons purple gown for Smithsonian painting: Inside the portrait unveiling
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoWASHINGTON − A hush fell over the room 10 minutes early. Was she in the room with us? Which curtain...
The Power Of A Black Barbie
HuffPost Life via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWomen say Black Barbies left an indelible, positive imprint on their racial self-conception. As an Army brat growing up in Germany and then largely white...
‘He never stopped being hurt’: Tupac Shakur and the women who shaped him
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoIN FOCUS: Kevin E G Perry speaks to the rapper’s godfather Jamal Joseph and Staci Robinson, the...
Author and activist Louise Meriwether, who wrote the novel ‘Daddy Was a Number Runner,' dies at 100
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoLouise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died ...
