The Pentagon's intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing "special observances" of several federal holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Juneteenth, and Black ...

The Fremont NAACP Unit 3217B will be celebrating Black History Month 2025 and Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest winners at ...

Woodrow Wilson became the first African American to serve in the Nevada Legislature. He went through a lot to get there.

President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.

I didn’t know at the time I was the first Black hire, but I hoped that I could open the door for others," Jimmy Smith said.

The Rock Island County NAACP is sending love and sincere sympathy to the community and family of Jakarta Jackson. Jackson, 21, of East Moline, was fatally shot by Rock Island Police Officer Brett ...

Harry McAlpin made history in 1944. The journalist for the “Atlanta Daily World” became the first reporter to cover the White House. Although enslaved labor was used in every aspect of White House ...

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push for change and ...

At his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump implied Thursday ...

Ken Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison, who declined to run for another term after Democrats lost to Donald Trump in the 2024 ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

Groups celebrating Black History Month are including this year’s theme of African Americans and Labor as part of their ...