Roots 101 African American Museum is receiving a significant $100,000 funding allocation from the city's new budget, the ...

Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes makes history as Florida Bar Association's first African American woman president A book reveals new ...

Discover the emotional journey of Black Americans in Ghana, seeking racial healing and connection to their African roots at Cape Coast Castle.

South African Aldrich Potgieter sank a birdie putt from just inside 18 feet on the fifth playoff hole to win the Rocket ...

In 1925, a group of African American funeral directors convened to create a cemetery free of racial discrimination ...

Karen Kistler [email protected] The inaugural Women of a New Tribe Exhibition and luncheon was held May 31 at ...

While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), [Lucy Havens] had ...

Massachusetts’ Museum of African American History learned Wednesday night a three-year federal grant was terminated. Its leader worries their work is at risk after President Donald Trump issued an ...

Gertrude Theresa Hodges, the first African American Johns Hopkins School of Nursing graduate, died of stroke complications March 28 at her East Baltimore home. She was 88.

His first novel, “Invisible Man,” about social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans, was published in 1952 and the only one published before his death. First African-American To ...

Deputy Naquianna Jefferson recently became the first African American woman to join the SWAT team.At only 30 years old, she's already had a long career protecting and serving."I worked for armored ...

From the first English settlement, African slaves provided the primary workforce, and by 1708 they formed a majority of the non-native population in the colony.