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Although blocked by white Southerners from being seated in the U.S. Senate, Pinchback was named acting governor from December 9, 1872, to…

The jurors determined that while there was insufficient evidence to support Carroll's claim of rape, there was enough evidence to find Trump…

The FDA’s proposed ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes continues to concern many that Black Americans are being targeted. Critics argue that the ban…

In a historic move, California’s reparations task force approved recommendations to compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused…

In Brownsville, Texas, a deadly incident occurred when a driver plowed his car into a bus stop, killing eight people and injuring…

Heavyweight boxer Charles “Sonny” Liston was born on May 8, 1932, in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Liston fought his way to boxing…

The mass shooting follows a series of gun violence incidents across the nation, with the Allen attack being one of at least…

Despite the positive numbers, many Americans continued to struggle with rising inflation as wages increased by 4.4% in April, still below the…

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has pledged to veto the bill, but GOP seat margins and assurances from chamber leaders indicate a veto…

On May 5, 1905, the influential Black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, was founded by Robert S. Abbott. The paper was the first…

Bank of America has granted $1 million to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to fund their $25 million capital campaign for a…

In a landmark decision, four leaders of the far-right group Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Washington DC.…