Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Breaking barriers and making history. Ella Jones became the first Black person elected to the Ferguson City Council in April 2015. In June 2020, she became the city’s first Black mayor.

Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

The weekly Sunday video conference quickly ballooned from its usual several hundred attendees to more than 90,000, and the ...

In a historic decision, the City of Fort Lauderdale has appointed Rickelle Williams as its first Black female City Manager, ...

Brandon Scott is pushing back against that trend. The mayor of Baltimore was the subject of racist attacks online last year ...

Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosts a Black History Month celebration in February with ...

Sunday’s commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King featured several local officials as speakers. Michael Cashman, Town of Supervisor; State Assemblyman D. Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake); Janet ...

Kelsey Grammer recently revealed to the New York Post the reason why he had a 30-year falling out with “Cheers” co-star Ted ...

A group representing survivors and descendants from the Tulsa Race Massacre are unveiling a sweeping plan for reparations ...

In Boston’s upcoming mayor’s race, the city’s Black electorate is up for grabs. And as Black voters go, so goes the election.