The girls wait for two or three hours to be introduced. The reason they’re sitting on the ground is because there weren’t any chairs in the waiting room’ ...

National Black Debutante Database documents century-old tradition of presenting young women to society.

Debutante balls have traditionally been associated with a particular kind of coming of age: that of teen girls who are well-to-do and, for the most part, white. A newly revived Black debutante ball in ...

A powerful new documentary, “The Debutantes,” premiered today, May 1, on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity and Xumo Play. Directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Contessa Gayles (Songs from the Hole) ...

Debutante balls for young Black women go back centuries to the late 1700s in New York City. Similar to their white counterparts, these events saw young Black women being presented to society, though ...

Dive into the enchanting world of the Original Illinois Club's ball and debutante cotillion, celebrating queen with a magical ...

Stark County Cotillion was started in 1974 by Yokettes Women's Auxiliary. Documentary also will highlight the history of Black cotillions. Cotillion was revived by Stark Delta Sigma Theta alumni and ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) For 64 years, since 1960, the non-profit Waterloo organization, known as Club Les Dames, has been empowering young African American women to achieve greatness. The Club's most ...

CANTON − The Stark County Debutante Cotillion is enjoying new life thanks to a renewed partnership between the Stark County alumnae of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the Leila Green Alliance of Black ...

*Now streaming on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity, “The Debutantes,” executive produced by Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary,” tells the story of an ...

IF SHE GETS ELECTED. WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1124. RIGHT NOW YOU JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS LEFT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THE 51ST ANNUAL DEBUTANTE COTILLION IN MILWAUKEE. JOINING ME NOW ARE EKEOMA BOOZER, ...