Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the first African American elected to the institution, thus becoming the first ...

The NFL has confirmed that 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' will be performed before Super Bowl LIX, but Michael Strahan is ...

Drummer of The Black Keys, Patrick Carney, said the band did a crypto political gig because they had no money.

Black Mountain Police Chief Steve Parker said both property and violent crime rates decreased in the town in 2024.

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

When the professor clarified that she intended to use the account only to talk to her students, other Black creators and ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Sharon Osbourne, his wife, told The Sun her husband’s voice is still up to the task of performing.

Holden’s company was instrumental in the building of the Federal Building in downtown Shreveport, the Horseshoe Casino, and ...

Junie' author Erin Crosby Eckstine wrote her new book to preserve her family's stories. Here's how it came to life during the ...

At least two people were killed Friday after a small airplane crashed onto a busy road and collided with a bus in São Paulo, ...