Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NACWC, which operates in 45 states, convenes on July 24 in Little Rock. The Washington-based National Association of Colored Women ...

Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress... Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress. Dr. Martha Bireda shares how ...

Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) became a national leader as founder of the National Association of Colored Women, coining its motto “Lifting As We Climb,” while also serving as a founding member of ...

In Dorchester’s Cedar Grove Cemetery, two flat stone slabs feature a simple inscription: “Home for Aged Colored Women.” The markers, which barely rise above the ground, offer no names, no explanation.

It could be called the letter heard around the world ... at least, the world of Black American women at the time, according to the historical account of the birth of the National Association of ...

Pin from the National Association of Colored Women’s Club (NACWC). The pin has an oval border with an image of the NACWC emblem. There are two (2) girls helping each other climb. On the right side is ...