The South Carolina Capitol grounds will soon include a statue of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved Civil War hero, among the statues of five white men, most with ties to the Civil War or Jim Crow.

Wikimedia Commons Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The ...

Behemoth bugs, no access to running water, and withheld legal rights are just some of the inhumane conditions detailed in the ...

Days, who has held the seat since 2019, is expected to face a local mayor and a former state legislator in next August's ...

Diddy was convicted of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law with a ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs was convicted Wednesday of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, released her memoir titled Trailblazer: Perseverance ...

Hayden, both the first woman and first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump in May.

In the male-dominated world of soccer leadership, many of the trailblazing women have come from Norway. The Norway team heading to the Women’s European Championship is captained by the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after ...