Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, a supercentenarian born the granddaughter of slaves and who lived through the administrations of 19 U.S. presidents, died Friday.

The South Carolina Statehouse grounds bears monuments that tell the story not just of South Carolina history, but the context ...

After less than three full terms in office, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor​ Greene is resigning from her seat in Congress on ...

In a significant moment for the labor movement, Roxanne Brown, set to become the first African American woman elected as ...

Roxanne Brown makes history as the first African-American woman elected as president of the United Steelworkers, representing a shift in labor leadership.

Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes’s 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House’s first female chief of staff, is ranked 66th on the ...

A terrorist inspired by ISIS drives a Ford F-150 pickup into pedestrians on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring 57.U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell is sworn in to represent Missouri’s ...

WASHINGTON — From religious leaders and politicians to activists and scientists, the world said goodbye to a number of ...

Three African American senators in California have been appointed to leadership roles in the state Senate, reflecting their ...

Betty Reid Soskin, who retired in 2022, recounted her own story and uncovered the stories of others at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in California.

On a personal and equ ally inspiring note, Ron and Charlene Carroll celebrated their 50th anniversary—a beautiful testament to five decades of Black love. They marked this golden milestone on Martha’s ...