For black girls, like black boys, “adultification” means their minor misbehavior is likelier to be read as potentially dangerous or criminal. Take the police officer who notoriously broke up a ...

‘Black Girl,’ with Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene. Written and directed by Ousmane Sembène. 59 minutes. Not rated; for mature audiences.

4:41 p.m. Sept. 13, 2023: An earlier version of this article misstated the premiere date of “The Other Black Girl.” It is Wednesday, not Thursday. Subscribers are Reading ...

Although Charlize Theron is raising two Black girls, the South African native has worries—like every other mother—on how to raise them to be culturally aware. “I am raising two beautiful ...

In 2010, one-third of African American girls did not graduate from high school on time. In 2013, more than 40 percent of African American women over the age of 25 were living in poverty.

American Girl unveils new Civil Rights-era doll 04:33. American Girl is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since 1986, the business has sold more than 29 million dolls and more than 153 million books.

When she arrived in the US, the West African girl was just five years old, but she soon was responsible for caring for a Texas couple’s children, cooking, cleaning and mowing the lawn. She was ...

The "Black Girl Magic" campaign debuted over the summer with a viral photo that featured the 17 women and two other sitting Harris County judges inside a courtroom.

A 12-year-old African-American girl says three of her white male classmates pinned her down and cut several of her dreadlocks. The girl, Amari Allen, tells CNN that three white boys at Immanuel ...

Greytown Girl, a poignant biopic about a South African girl overcoming adversity through love and letter writing, has been nominated for an award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

A North Texas couple is accused of bringing a 5-year-old African girl to their Southlake home and forcing her to work for them for more than a decade before she was able to escape, prosecutors say.