Dr. Adena William Loston has carried the legacy of one of San Antonio's oldest colleges for nearly twenty years.

Ayra Starr has made history as the first woman in 16 years to win Best African Music Act at the 2025 MOBO Awards.The Nigerian star also took home the Best International Music Act award at the ceremony ...

Iowa City has long been known as a city of the arts. This year, however, it’s hosting an unprecedented exhibition spanning ...

Thomas Jefferson' takes a close look at the "unequal power relationship" between the future president and an enslaved woman ...

Through their art, our 2025 honorees Cynthia Erivo, Marla Gibbs, Teyana Taylor and Raamla Mohamed ensure that Black women ...

McKissack & McKissack is renovating Wilmington's JPMorgan Chase offices and has secured contracts with SEPTA, the Philly ...

She also devoted her skills to our understanding of local history as a long-time advocate of sharing the achievements and experiences of African American people to ensure a more complete ...

In 1988, 19-year-old Jennifer Jones became the first black Rockette when she danced with the iconic group for the Super Bowl halftime show. “It was magic,” said Jones, of taking the field as Chubby ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bridgette Williams is a history-maker. She is the first Black woman to run the 75-year-old Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City (HCA). Williams knows it wasn't her ...

As we look at the accomplishments of African Americans over the past 400 years, we’re specifically highlighting the progress ...

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.