This includes materials from William “Bill” Euille, Alexandria's first African American mayor, 1980s photographs of the Parker-Gray neighborhood, images from local African American church ...

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C (WCBD) — A historic milestone for the South Carolina Exchange Club happened Saturday as Michael Gaston has been sworn in as the organization’s first African American ...

Glover served as the county’s first African American supervisor and held his seat for 23 years. Before his six terms on the Board, he served as mayor and councilmember in Pittsburg.

Harris is the first African American elected as mayor of DeRidder. Surrounded by his wife, family and friends, he was sworn in by Judge Bobby Holmes on Sunday. “I have been striving to represent our ...

The Trump administration fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, Thursday. She’s the first woman and first African American to fill the role. Carla Hayden had been targeted by right-wing ...

Indeed, the first Pope Leo — known as Leo the Great — served 440-461. He is best known as the pope who persuaded Attila the Hun to turn back from the invasion of Italy.

MOBILE, Ala. - The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on Friday.As a Mobile native, family and friends in the area ...

“Serving as President of the African American Mayors Association has been one of the most fulfilling roles I’ve ever taken on. Together, we advanced bold ideas around economic mobility, fairness, and ...

The African American history museum is singled out in Trump's order, putting it in the spotlight, despite its millions of visitors. During his first term , Trump was one of them.

The museum, a private nonprofit with locations in Boston and Nantucket, operates on an annual budget of around $3 million. They recently secured a $500,000 grant through the Institute of Museum and ...

Gertrude Theresa Hodges was the first African American to graduate from Johns Hopkins' nursing school. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing) “The entrance level salary is $20,000 to ...