Liberia was founded in 1822 as a post-slavery colony for free black Americans, the brainchild of white Americans. Read more ...

The United States had its first Black president and its first female president over a half-century ago. They were fictional, they were on screen, their names were Douglass Dilman and Leslie ...

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. “Folks, I know what the hell a ‘Black job’ is — ...

Perhaps a Black woman will never be president of the United States as it exists now; because, when we’re talking about Black women leading, we’re talking about transformation. We’re talking ...

In case the irony was lost, there have not been, and I checked this, any black presidents of the United States. Not a one. Further, none ever came close to winning a major-party nomination, and ...

Although Barack Obama was the first Black person to become the President of the United States, he likely won’t be the last. Unfortunately, that won’t happen during this upcoming election.

The United States' first black president spent a fair bit of time talking about the other side of his family tree during his speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, recalling ...

“Folks, I know what the hell a ‘Black job’ is — it’s the vice president of the United States,” Biden said to loud cheers.