“Clara is tenacious,” says Belinda Dixon, a longtime friend and a 1994 Staten Island Woman of Achievement. “She’s not loud, ...

Advocates are gathering in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" amid fears of a ...

Crispus Attucks is shot and killed by British soldiers becoming the first American to die in the struggle for American Independence from England. Attucks was an escaped slave who became a sailor and ...

Congressman Al Green is a member of the House of Representatives, serving Texas’s 9th Congressional District. His ethnicity ...

The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.

North Carolina and the country lost a legend last month with the death of the Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson at age 81. He is ...

The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency heard a bill Monday that would ban state funding for diversity, equity and ...

A paralympian, tv host and astronaut are just a few of the honorees who describe in their own words what motivates them most.

People continue to share their heartache on social media after the death of longtime R&B and neo-soul singer/songwriter Angie ...

Fans are remembering the voice and songs of trailblazer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a weekend crash on an Alabama ...

With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...

The Bridge Crossing Jubilee begins in less than a week, and those wanting to participate in the signature Bloody Sunday march ...