10 times Black women saved the culture—and didn’t even break a sweat

10 times Black women saved the culture—and didn’t even break a sweat

Let’s be clear: If the culture had a backbone, it would be dipped in cocoa butter and braided tight with laid edges. Black women are the blueprint, the foundation, the spark—and somehow, we still get side-eyed when we say it out loud. But we’ve got the receipts to back up this claim. From the voting booth to the Billboard charts, when the culture was in crisis, Black women showed up, showed out and still managed to keep their gloss poppin’. Here…