The Pythian Temple of Alabama was the first Black-owned bank in the state and eventually the second-largest Black bank in the ...

Fletcher was well known across the Magic City. He was hired as a letter carrier in 1892, the first African American to work ...

Florida is a fascinating, beautiful, and sweltering state. It’s a prime location for beaches and holidays. But it is also a ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

The 1890s and modern-day American share some similarities, but there are also differences. The Gilded Age was a time of extreme disorientation for many Americans, according to William Henry Brand ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some ...

Explore the resilience of the Cheyenne Valley settlers and their legacy in Wisconsin's largest rural African American ...

According to UW, he will be the first African American to serve as President. “I am honored to be joining the University of Washington and excited to lead this extraordinary public university in ...

Billal Rahman is a Live News reporter based in London, U.K. He specializes in foreign affairs and U.S. politics. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent. He has covered the British Post ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday. “In the process, the Preside ...