I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Richardson told “GMA.” Black Girls Cheer founder Sharita Richardson began her cheerleading in middle school.

There’s a lot of excitement these days at North Fork Cheer on Route 58 in Cutchogue. Their team of 16 young cheerleaders, 9 ...

A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black Pennsylvania cheerleader is accusing their daughter’s teammates, coaches, and other school officials of discriminating against the 16-year-old ...

Stewart graduated from Austin-East in 2019 and now works as a caregiver, but she returns on practice days to assist the cheer team after her shift ends. She said stomp and shake gives Black girls ...

A movement to empower young black girls is gaining momentum, according to ABC News, thanks to Black Girls Cheer. Sharita Richardson was and still is fond of cheerleading, a lifelong passion.

The numbers haven’t changed much since 2013. Just four out of 67 cheerleaders on UT’s all-girl and co-ed squads were Black in 2020, when the university reported a 5.3% Black student population.

The Untold Story of the Washington Football Team’s First Black Cheerleaders Amid the boiling racial tension and desegregation battles of the late 1960s and early ’70s, a group of young Black women ...