After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...

Shanelle Scales-Preston (Photo courtesy of the County). Shanelle Scales-Preston became the first African American woman elected to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors when she took the oath ...

not to mention “the African influence on Spain and Spanish conquests,” Miles explained. There are countless examples of those in power in Mexico attempting to stifle Black American migration ...

There have been 12 African-American elected or appointed senators, according to the Senate Historical Office. Along with the highest number of Black senators, Rochester and Alsobrooks are the ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

“We all knew that as African ... Americans that our records are spotty,” she said. “There’s this thing called slavery that gets in the way of going down any serious rabbit holes.” Prior ...

There have been 12 African-American elected or appointed senators, according to the Senate Historical Office. As we begin the 119th Congress, Senate Republicans have high enthusiasm and are ...

The irregular granite T-Shaped chapel was constructed by students under the direction of Rt. Rev. Henry Beard Delany (1858-1928), who later became the first African American elected bishop in the ...

What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance? How does the movement still resonate today? Post your comments and questions for our journalist Veronica Chambers by Jan. 30. By The Learning ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Carolina selects first monument at statehouse to honor an African American hero This image from the ...