From local activists and trailblazers to lesser-known names on the national stage, we shed a light on the contributions of Black men and women who shook up the world.

During Black History Month, News4JAX is celebrating local African American trailblazers who paved the way in politics and ...

FLINT, MI - Since 1985, the Greater Flint African American Sports Hall of Fame has recognized the extraordinary careers of ...

Isabella is credited as the writer who created the character Black Lightning along with the comic series in 1977, in ...

If you are happy to be African American on today, give God some praise,” Mayor Melissa Elliott began at Mt. Moriah AME Zion Church’s Black History program to ...

The article highlights the importance of African American History Month and the legacy of Carter G. Woodson in promoting understanding and equality.

Former actor turned organizational consultant E.B. Smith was recently hired as the new executive director of the Harrison ...

Based on the classic novel by Alice Walker, “The Color Purple”, is the coming of age story of a girl named Celie Harris in ...

Black History Game celebrates women who paved the way and continues shining a light for women who will follow.

The fact that Josephine Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, Siren of the Tropics (1927), is only one aspect of her remarkable achievements. In addition to being a major ...

"A hometown hero doesn ... third largest urban American Indian population in the U.S. "I am both humbled and honored that the work of the employees at Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center ...