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According to The New York Times, the Justice Department has halted new civil rights investigations and signaled it may backtrack on Biden-era…
The day before he left office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey. Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, was…
On Jan. 16, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, promising freed Black families 40 acres and…
According to CNN, there will be no pre-tour of the vice president’s residence for the incoming Vance family. Two sources familiar with…
According to The New York Times, Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham,…
On Jan. 10, 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was founded in Atlanta, Georgia. Emerging from the success of the Montgomery…
According to a White House press release, a new final rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will remove $49 billion…
According to The New York Times, a federal judge held former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in contempt of court…
President Joe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients, including actor Denzel Washington, basketball…
Longtime Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., was honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Joe Biden during a White House ceremony on…
President Jimmy Carter has passed away at 100 years old. The 39th president will be best remembered for his dedication to humanitarian…
On Dec. 25, 1907, legendary jazz musician and bandleader Cabell “Cab” Calloway was born in Rochester, New York. Raised in Baltimore, Calloway…