Half a century later, Arthur Ashe's historic win at Wimbledon paved the way for others to follow in his illustrious path.

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.

Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes was sworn in as the 77th president of The Florida Bar, becoming the first African American woman to ...

Morgan State University has become the first HBCU to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale with “ReCall & Response,” a pavilion shaped like a “talking drum” that honors the ...

Montgomery County has stepped forward to celebrate the contributions and legacies of six African American community leaders who have left indelible marks on society. These esteemed individuals ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A former television news anchor in Phoenix got a partial win during the verdict on Friday in connection with a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. Stephanie Hockridge, an ex-KNXV ...

Haigler first met Jones in 2004 at a D.C. chapter meeting of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, which Jones co-founded in 1991. Haigler says that encounter changed his life.

On Juneteenth, Erie's local artists' work was on full display at the Historical Institute of Culture & the African American Experience. Along with the artwork, the event also gave attendees a chance ...

"I went through 12 years of schooling and didn't learn about one African or African American man or woman who'd ever done anything in history! What kind of stuff is that? That you can go to school ...

FARMINGTON — With the excitement for Pope Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S. — still reverberating, C & G Newspapers met with two local priests to hear their thoughts on the new pontiff, the ...