"YMCA calls 911 on elderly Black woman for refusing to give up chair to white class member. Emotional confrontation unfolds.

History may be coming full circle as we may have another case of Rosa Parks and a seat in our hands. A South Boston, Virginia, YMCA is facing community backlash. This came after staff called police on ...

I was a 38-year-old woman who couldn’t swim. Over the years, I’ve concocted a lot of reasons for not learning how to swim, but the truth is it was never a priority.

Black women have certainly come a very long way since then. In recent decades, Black women have steadily increased their rate ...