Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...

The River Road African American Museum in the historic district of Donaldsonville celebrates three decades of preserving ...

Three graduate fellows at the University at Buffalo’s Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education have ...

Last week, two-time NBA champion, Basketball Hall of Famer, and New York Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier visited the Children’s Aid.

The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s great­est poet. Unlike many famous Euro­peans of color, Pushkin was ...

The Harlem Globetrotters will play the Washington Generals at the University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center on ...

February is Black History Month, dedicated to the legacy of African culture in America. But with events commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. starting in mid-January, the San ...

The story of Hazel Scott, who started as a child prodigy and became one of the most successful Black women in entertainment ...

MSNBC host Al Sharpton declared a 'buy-in" at a New York Costco as he announced support for the retailer's DEI policies.

Inside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit,  you’ll find an exhibition called Paul Collins: ...

Patterson received the 24th Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice award, which highlights an individual with “influential scholarship ...

On September 25, the mayor of New York was indicted on criminal charges for the first time in the modern era. The charges ...