Julius P. Williams, professor in the Composition Department at Berklee College of Music, was named the first African American president of the Conductors Guild. His two-year term...
Four women from Antigua have just completed a grueling rowing competition and many are heralding them as the first all-black women’s rowing team to cross the...
Admission to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights will be free during Black History month thanks to a grant from Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Foundation...
The Walt Disney Co. announced it is helping to celebrate Black History Month. The legendary studio is giving a $1.5 million grant to the United Negro...
The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were announced early this morning by Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross and The Big Sick star Kumail Nanjiani, and among them were for the first time...
Muhammad Ali once said his “greatness came and started in Louisville.” Now his name will be among the first things visitors and travelers see when they...
There are more and more brown faces balancing out the lack of diversity and representation within the political realm, and the recent swearing-in ceremony of the Congressional...
Missouri City native Yolanda Ford made history on Saturday as she became not only the first woman to be elected Mayor of Missouri City but the first African-American,...
Whether they’re well-known organizations such as the NAACP, National Urban League, National Action Network, and the United Negro College Fund, nonprofits, large or small, are responsible...
At only 19 years old, Kalan Haywood Jr. will be the youngest state legislator in Wisconsin. He may also be the youngest legislator in the nation,...