Alison Mariella Désir, author of the book, “Running While Black: Finding Freedom ... There were no cross-country or track and field teams for women at her high school or at Morgan State ...

While Allen acknowledged the challenges Black women – and women in general – face when running for governor ... told CNN she has a long track record of winning elections despite well-funded ...

When Bevans began running, Black women marathon runners were rare ... Gary Corbitt, son of ultrarunning legend Ted Corbitt, keeps track of all this history. Leading up to her first Boston Marathon ...

Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper is publisher and CEO of the AFRO-American Newspapers. This week, she speaks to the contribution of Black women in the world of sports.

The NYPC was founded as a Black track team in 1936 by Robert ... to join one of New York’s established running clubs. As progressive as the NYPC was, women were not welcome.

These women, it seems just about to a person so far have run for ideas to get out, ideas out there, to get the public used to seeing a Black female face in front of the camera and running for an ...

Pickett became the first Black woman to compete for the U.S. While hardly household names, Pickett and Stokes deserve credit for serving as pioneering forces in track and field and for progressing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress ...