Eugene Bullard survived some of the deadliest battles in military history, became the world’s first Black fighter pilot, and ...

The Jim Dandy Ski Club, founded in 1958 and based in Detroit, is the oldest and largest Black ski club in the world.

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the first African American elected to the institution, thus becoming the first ...

Virginia General Assembly commends Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Carroll Braxton in celebration of his 100th birthday.

Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few ...

The 2025 crop of Oscar nominated doc features all tackle urgent and timely international stories that resonate in today's ...

They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé ... “And the reality is that in the United States – in the person of Dédé – Black people were (already) participating in classical ...

making the state appellate judge from Yuma County the first Latina and first Black person chosen for the state’s high court. Hobbs’ selection of Cruz marks the first Supreme Court appointment ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the month dates ...