The late Augusta Yvonne Thomas graduated from Central High School in her hometown of Louisville. Growing up, she also lived ...

Never in my life did I have to wonder if my mom loved her kids. She showed it constantly and consistently. Even in her mistakes and while fighting her own insecurities, and the sometimes bad decisions ...

Now one of “The World’s 100 Most Important Places,” according to Time Magazine, it’s open for tours and nightly stargazing.

Removing Jackie Robinson’s military record puts Donald Trump in the same company with every white ballplayer who ever threw ...

News has obtained exclusive surveillance video of a deadly crash in Landover, Maryland, that followed a police chase Friday evening.

Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Black women to the suffrage movement, highlighting their activism and efforts for equal rights.

The 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was commemorated on March 7. On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers, led by then-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader John Lewis and Southern ...

I was finishing kindergarten at Plainville Rural Grade School. At the same time I was washing down a graham cracker with a half pint of ...

Montgomery, Alabama, the final site of a crucial march from Selma, is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an event that ...

Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr., the first African American to walk in space, reflects on his 30-year legacy and looks ahead to his ...

She was the superintendent of the Sunday school at First Congregational Church of Atlanta; board chair of the Jean Young Institute for Youth Leadership in Atlanta; served on the board of the historic ...

I grew up in an American apartheid,” he said. “Every aspect of my life was dictated by race.” He not only lived through but participated in the civil rights movement. The strange part, really, is that ...