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Beyonce becomes first black woman to win Country Grammy in 50 years
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Beyonce continues to make history, this time by becoming the first Black woman to win a Grammy in the country music category in half a century.
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UK: Kemi Badenoch succeeds Rishi Sunak as new leader of Conservative Party
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Conservative Party of the UK elected Kemi Badenoch as the new leader of the party on Saturday (local time), Euro News reported. It was a historic moment in the political scene of the UK as she became the first Black woman to lead a major political party there.
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Kamala Harris clinches enough delegates to win Democratic nomination
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
As of Monday evening, more than 300 former Harris staffers from various roles including the White House, her campaign, California Attorney General's office, and San Francisco District Attorney's office have signed on.
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Ruth Carter becomes first black woman to win two Oscars
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ruth E. Carter is the first Black woman to win two Academy Awards. Carter, who became the first Black person to win an Oscar for costume design in 2019 for her work on Marvel's "Black Panther," was honoured again for the sequel, "Wakanda Forever."
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After two years of muted celebrations, Kali Puja preparations begin in ful
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kali Puja, a festival dedicated to the goddess Kali, is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu month Kartik. Goddess Kali is represented in the scriptures as a black woman with four arms; in one hand she has a sword, in another the head of the giant she has slain
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Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first black woman to join US Supreme Court b
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): Ketanji Brown Jackson Thursday was sworn in as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, making her the nation's first black woman to serve in that role.
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US President Biden announces Karine Jean-Pierre as new White House Press S
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washinton [US], May 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) announced Karine Jean-Pierre as the new Press Secretary of the White House, making her the first black woman and the first member of the LGBTQIA+ community to hold the post.
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US Senate confirms first Black woman Supreme Court justice
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The US Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court in a largely partisan vote on Thursday.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman to be nominated as US Supr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): For the first time in the history of the US, a black woman was nominated to serve as a judge in the Supreme Court, local media reported.
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Biden nominates three for Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, Lisa Cook
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Lisa Cook became the first black woman in American history to serve the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.
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Family of black woman suing biotech firm for taking cancer cells without c
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The family of an African-American woman, Henrietta Lacks whose cervical cancer cells were taken without consent for research in 1951 is suing a biotech firm for compensation.
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Police officer in Texas fatally shoots woman inside her own house
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Texas [US], Oct 13 (Sputnik/ANI): A Texas police officer on Saturday shot dead a black woman in her own home after coming there to respond to a call about an open front door in the house, local police said in a statement.
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