Here are five Black History Month icons from Texas that you need to know about.

the first Black state senator to represent Long Island in the governing body’s 247-year history. In Albany she will represent ...

The fact that Josephine Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, Siren of the Tropics (1927), is only one aspect of her remarkable achievements. In addition to being a major ...

Controversy over whether the Former Mayor of Taft, Lelia Foley Davis was in fact the first black female mayor in the United States.NewsChannel 8’s Rian Stockett ...

State Sen. April Baskin on Wednesday highlighted decades of racism in Buffalo's past and decried Trump administration efforts to "erase Black people" in a speech to support a resolution marking ...

A 14-year veteran of elected office in Prince George’s County before her win in November, Angela Alsobrooks and her barrier-breaking victory marked a new era, not just in Maryland politics, but ...

In the early 1960s, when I was a little boy, the Ku Klux Klan attacked my family by burning a cross in front of our house, ...

The 119th Congress will be the first one in recent years to buck the general trend of more racial, gender, age and ethnic ...

Accra [Ghana] / Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 31: Senator ... young African women to take leadership roles in healthcare and social change. 6. She Gives African Leaders & First Ladies ...

Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and ...

In a post on X Sunday, Alabama Senator Katie Boyd Britt called the decision to pause teaching the videos “malicious compliance.” ...

Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of “More Than a Mother” Campaign has been recognized as One of the 100 Most Influential African Women 2024 for the sixth ...