There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
Not long after the Civil War, hundreds of Black families lived and thrived in Forsyth County, owning their own land and creating wealth. But in 1912, that development came to a halt after a white ...
In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.
Anthony Mackie, who stars in Marvel's "Captain America," said in a recent interview that his race has not hindered him from ...
Athens Area Council for the Arts presents two exhibits by regional Black artists: "I Am Her and She Is Me" by Dominique ...
In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...
He suppressed his disenchantment with religion and, in March 1861, applied to the African Civilization Society, which was ...
Going without insurance hurt all low-income Americans. But studies suggest the drop in Black Americans’ coverage under Trump’s plan outpaced that of white Americans. The rate of uninsured Black ...
Executive Order that read in part, ‘the heads of each agency shall take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been entrapped in a explosive new lawsuit from a victim alleging he hired an underage trafficked girl ...
Black History Month is a time to reflect on the nation’s civil rights struggles. Hagerstown author Ed Maliskas said ...