Stacey Abrams: The woman behind Biden's biggest surprise - BBC ...

10 Nov 2020 ... As she celebrated winning the US election alongside Joe Biden, the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president-elect made ...

List of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

Second Black woman to receive multiple Oscar nominations in the same year. Third person nominated for an acting award and a music award (Best Original ...

Black hole breakthroughs win Nobel physics prize - BBC News

6 Oct 2020 ... Prof Ghez is only the fourth woman to win the physics prize, out of more than 200 laureates since 1901. The other female recipients are Marie ...

American Andrea Ghez, two others win Nobel Prize in physics for ...

6 Oct 2020 ... Ghez, a professor at UCLA, became the fourth woman to win a physics ... This year's physics Nobel honored the theoretical side of black holes ...

Booker Prize Winner 'Girl, Woman, Other' Is Coming to America ...

1 Nov 2019 ... Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the literary award, talks about her mission to write about the African diaspora and why her ...

MacArthur Foundation 'genius grants': Trio of Black female authors ...

6 Oct 2020 ... Trio of Black female authors among 21 MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winners. By Eric Levenson, CNN. Updated 12:01 PM ET, Tue ...

Emmett woman wins $1 million Idaho Raffle | ktvb.com

Joyce Black is the big winner of the $1,000,000 Idaho Raffle. Author: KTVB Staff. Published: 3:19 PM MST January 9, 2020. Updated: 1:37 PM MST January 10, ...

Black Women Now Hold Crowns in 5 Major Beauty Pageants - The ...

15 Dec 2019 ... Black women also hold the 2019 crowns of Miss Teen USA, Miss ... five of the winners of major beauty pageants are “identifiably black women ...

Hattie McDaniel becomes first African American actress to win Oscar ...

However, the most momentous award that night undoubtedly went to Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal of “Mammy,” a housemaid and former enslaved woman.

'This is proof': Biden's win reveals power of Black voters

9 Nov 2020 ... For many Black women, Biden's choice of Harris, who will be the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to hold the vice presidency, ...

The First Black Miss World Looks Back 50 Years Later | Time

25 Sep 2020 ... But Hosten not only stood out—she went on to take home the top honors, becoming the first Black woman to win the international beauty ...

Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams wins British Book Award ...

30 Jun 2020 ... Candice Carty-Williams becomes the first black writer to win the book of ... Her Booker-winning novel, Girl, Woman, Other, won fiction book of ...

'My vote will be Black' – A wave of Afro-Brazilian women ran for ...

24 Nov 2020 ... The 2018 murder of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco inspired record numbers of Black women to get involved in politics. Winning proved ...

Black Hole Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics - Scientific American

6 Oct 2020 ... Ghez is only the fourth woman in history to receive the venerable physics prize. “ This year's prize is about the darkest secrets of the universe,” ...

Oscars: A Look Back at the African-American Winners | Hollywood ...

27 Feb 2016 ... The first black person to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, had to ... Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red, beating out Phil Collins' "Against All ...

CMA winner Maren Morris gives nod to Black country music artists ...

18 Nov 2020 ... Palmer said the representation of Black women in country music is almost zero. " There is definitely a Black woman problem in country music," ...

Tonys: A Look Back at Black Actors Who Have Won | Hollywood ...

10 Jun 2018 ... In 1962, Diahann Carroll became the first black woman to win a Tony for best actress in a lead role of a musical. She starred in No Strings, the ...

Miss Universe 2019 Winner Is Outspoken About Gender, Climate ...

9 Dec 2019 ... Miss Universe 2019 Is Young, Gifted And An Outspoken Believer In 'Black Girl Magic'. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email.

Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share award

15 Oct 2019 ... ... oldest ever Booker winner, while Evaristo is the first black woman to win. ... Only four black women have ever been shortlisted and there have ...

Jazz musician calls for charges against woman who falsely accused ...

28 Dec 2020 ... Keyon Harrold is Grammy-winning trumpet player who has performed with Common. · Viral video shows white woman falsely accusing Black teen ...