The town of Pennsauken, which is racially diverse, has had an African American mayor and a woman mayor, but never an African ...

Dr. Edith Irby Jones broke barriers in medicine, becoming the first African American to graduate from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine and the first woman elected president of the ...

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — The Historical Society of Marshall County will host Marshalltown Mayor Joel Greer to speak about the inspirational story of Laurence Jones, the first African-American graduate of ...

Marquita Britton made history on Saturday as she was sworn in as Dillon County’s first African American clerk of court.

OneJax will give its 2025 Humanitarian Awards to Dr. Charles McIntosh, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, John Peyton, Debbie Buckland ...

Leon County and Tallahassee are home to two trailblazing African American tennis legends. While one is a household name – and ...

Known in Ghana as the Maths Queen, Dr Angela Tabiri is the first African to win The Big Internet Math Off competition - quite ...

Protections for Black migrants from Central Africa were excluded from ew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extensions.

The 2023 honorees were Bessie Coleman, the first African American and first Native American woman licensed pilot; Indigenous Hawaiian composer Edith Kanakaʻolei; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ...

Discover forgotten Black history in the American West with the #CowboyCarterChronicles! From Juneteenth to sundown towns, explore new pathways to freedom inspired by Beyoncé.

McIntosh, a graduate of Old Stanton High School ... and has held teaching positions in anthropology, women’s studies and African American studies at multiple colleges and universities.