The 2020 President campaign continues simultaneously with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. For Democrats the once-crowded field of contenders is down to less than 10, and...
History and today’s social media platforms are joining forces to tell the story of the women in the Civil Rights Movement. Familiar names like Rosa Parks,...
From the city where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. was born 91 years ago to towns and cities across the nation, Americans today celebrated the courageous...
‘Tis the season for the door – front or otherwise – to undergo its annual decorative makeover which includes wreaths, garlands, and more lights than rush...
Update: The United States Postal Service released its Black Heritage Series stamp on February 3, 2020 memorializing the late pioneering journalist, Gwen Ifill. The stamp is...
The individual names of the nine Black students who enrolled at all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas 62 years ago may not readily come...
Editor’s Note: One of our most popular stories features Leroy Homer, the co-pilot on Flight 93 from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco on September 11,...
America suffered its most devastating World War II loss on its own soil at Port Chicago, California located in San Francisco’s East Bay area 75 years...
For the millions of African Americans who grew up reading Ebony and JET magazines, news that Johnson Publishing filed for bankruptcy in April signals the loss...
In what many viewed as a nod to the significant role African Americans have played in the nation’s history, the House of Representatives held its first...