The famous African American abolitionist is best known for her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.

In fact, her iconic track “Mississippi Goddam” was in response to the 1963 bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four African American girls.

Google's front page Wednesday is all about Edmonia Lewis, the first African-American woman to achieve international fame as a sculptor. The search engine, which sometimes uses its home page to ...

Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.

HAMMOND | The Hammond Public Library will host a production of “Five Famous African-American Women” at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at 564 State St.

Abroad, Lewis created one of her most famous pieces, "The Death of Cleopatra," which is now housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The same piece is illustrated in her Google Doodle.