By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Sixty-five years after the horrific lynching of teenager Emmett Till, the U.S. House of Representatives have finally passed H.R.
By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was
By BEN FINLEY Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University Higher education Before the Civil War, many states made teaching enslaved individuals to read
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There’s a new kid in town for the ninth Democratic debate, Mike Bloomberg, the self-funding billionaire presidential candidate. Five questions ahead of the faceoff
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died.
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University The first African American members of Congress were elected after the Civil War. Currier and Ives via
By Hazel Trice Edney and Hamil Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has just made Black History. The presidential candidate who has been running his
HOUSTON—Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday announced his endorsement of Texas Senator Royce West (D-Dallas), in West’s Democratic Primary race for the United States Senate. “Royce West is
By LAURIE KELLMAN and LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union
