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Decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting discrimination and segregation on the bandstand.

In the past, environmentalism has been misaligned as a cause for the wealthy, when in fact, Black leaders, and specifically Black women have long had a hand in fighting for and shaping the conservationist movement.

Doctors ignored her dangerous pregnancy complications. Now she’s developing "Pregnant and Black" to help other Black moms-to-be feel heard and supported.

“Together, we can redefine postpartum care as a beacon of empowerment and resilience,” says Princess Estocia McKinney-Kirk, who has over a decade of experience as a doula.

Meet Sha Battle, the woman behind the movement to create this holiday, which the Virginia state House and Senate and just passed.

In 1943, Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes graduated from the Catholic University of America with her PhD in mathematics.

Bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney honors her former mentor Toni Morrison in a new children’s picture book, educating the younger generation about the literary legend’s iconic life.

As VP of Political Strategy for Crooked Media, Shaniqua McClendon created the Vote Save America program, which has raised millions of dollars and mobilized thousands of voters around the country.

Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan formed the Democratic Select Committee, which became formally organized into the Congressional Black Caucus two years later in 1971.

For National Science Fiction Day, ESSENCE is paying tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi novelists of all time, Octavia Butler.

If your relationship with America is complicated right now, check out these titles.

Breathwork practitioner Jasmine Marie founded Black Girls Breathing, and she’s trying to help 1 million other Black women by 2025.

Veronica Woodruff is an Afro-Latina entrepreneur who started Travelsist, an AI-powered app that provides travel assistance on demand for those who may need additional help at the airport.

Afro-Puerto Rican historian Arturo Schomburg, after whom The Schomburg Center For Research And Black Culture in Harlem is named, was one of the greatest influences preserving our history in the U.S.

"Failure does not need to be forever…People are bigger than their mistakes in life and it doesn't define who they are,” Jones told ESSENCE.

“My children and I should be able to feel safe and secure in our own home, but…persistent and horrendously racist and sexist intimidation and harassment has made that impossible,” stated Amanda David.

"At West End Gin, our commitment to the Louisville community is more than just a mission—it's our passion,” stated the husband and wife team Dr. Dawn and Stacey Wade.

Biden’s former Domestic Policy Council Director spoke to MSNBC about Trump’s repeated attacks against Harris’s race and objectification of her appearance with regard to campaign strategy.

The Olympics might be over, but ESSENCE can’t stop re-living these top tier Black Girl Magic moments.

“People need to vote who they want, people need to vote their conscious, not vote strategically, not vote defensively, but really support the candidates who they want to back,” said Kimberly Atkins Stohr.