It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

The Conversation focuses on how the overall expansion of voting rights and a historical understanding of “We the People” ...

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

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued a number of blockbuster rulings that have implications for everything from President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order to the future of ...

The U.S. Mint has issued new quarters celebrating the contributions of African American women. Ida B. Wells, Maya Angelou, Bessie Coleman, and Pauli Murray are featured.

Hayden was nominated to lead the Library of Congress by President Barack Obama and was sworn in for a 10-year term in September 2016. She was the first woman and the first African American to ...

Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.

Heard on the Hill Fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in her own words First woman and first African American in position spoke to Roll Call for African American history month in 2017 ...

In this Women’s History Month feature, host Tezlyn Figaro honors #ShirleyChisholm, who made history on January 21, 1969, as the first African-American woman elected to #Congress.

Congresswoman Simon told theGrio that while Black women have been “consistent,” it is “frustrating to see that over 90% of African-American women tried to save this country.” ...

The state's first African-American female state labor secretary will now look to become the first African-American and first woman elected to Congress in Delaware.

In 1968, black women took their first monumental step into elective office on the federal level when the Honorable Shirley Chisholm was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Since that time, ...