Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.

More than 3 million people in the U.S. are estimated to be living with glaucoma. By 2030, that number is expected to increase ...

Two hours after making his historic remarks on same-sex unions, then-President Barack Obama held a critical conference call ...

Sundiata Cha-Jua is a professor of African American studies and history at the University of Illinois and a member of the North End Breakfast Club. His email is [email protected].

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

Jane Dabney Shackelford (1895-1979) was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. She graduated from Logansport High School before ...

Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan formed the Democratic Select Committee, which became formally organized into the Congressional ...

Rio Grande Valley-based writer and retired educator Samuel Freeman remembers President Carter as a champion of civil rights.

African Player of The Year Ademola Lookman has named Jay-Jay Okocha and Obafemi Martins as his favourite Nigerian players of ...

From 2010 to 2020, the total share of U.S. violent crime victims who were Black increased by 3.2 percent to 32.7 percent of ...

Following the first test flights on February 22, 2023, aviation industry players have been anxiously waiting for the ...

The largest of the wildfires ravaging the area shifted direction, triggering more evacuation orders and posing a new challenge to exhausted firefighters.