Bonnie Watson Coleman, is the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first ...

The difference in Missouri: Both candidates are prominent African-American civil rights activists. Rep. Cori Bush, who is running for reelection, rose to prominence leading protests in Ferguson ...

Before being elected to Congress, Crockett spent her legal career serving as a criminal defense attorney and public defender.

Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus Garvey, circa, 1920. Image via Library of Congress. A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil ...

While music lovers know The Anthem at the D.C. Wharf as a site to attend live concerts, last Friday the venue played host to ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken beside mayors and members of Congress. But Jewel Rodgers of Omaha stepped on ...

the first African America woman elected to Congress, and the first major-party African American candidate for President of the United States. The post A Tribute to Shirley Chisholm (Ep.