Virginia is proud to be the home of the first elected Black governor in the United States, L. Douglas Wilder.

The crisis rocking Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has escalated ascritics are challenging the ...

Black politicians during the Reconstruction era played a critical role in the creation and development of the U.S. public ...

The late Arthur Chaires Sr. joined the Schenectady Police Department in 1952; he dedicated his life to family and community.

Former Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate is no longer running for mayor of Detroit.

In Black religious spaces, this is also referred to as being anointed or having an assignment. Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta embodies this, having prepared for this moment since he was eleven, serving as the ...

Facing constituents angry about the impact of sweeping government job cuts, some Republicans are expressing concern.

Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

Thereasea Clark Elder broke barriers for Black public health nurses in Charlotte as the city’s first for the life-saving profession. Born in 1927, the Charlotte native grew up in the Greenville ...

When it comes to politics, one woman knocked down barriers decades ago at the Mississippi State Capitol. Former State Rep.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will celebrate Black History Month at the White House on Thursday, preserving a tradition at the same time that President Donald Trump’s executive order ...