Mildred Bernard Martinez founded the preschool bearing her name in 1934 to serve young Black children during segregation.

Five years after a summer of protests rocked U.S. cities, the words "Black Lives Matter" have faded from the national conversation along with the murals that recognized that movement.

Cralle was an African American businessman and inventor who was best known for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897. Yes, a Black man did that! Cralle was born on September 4, 1866, in Kenbridge, ...