In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

In honor of Black History Month, History Fort Lauderdale has announced the grand opening of “Roots of Resilience: The Journey of Black Broward,” a new permanent exhibition, on February 19.

Martin Luther King Jr is remembered for his tireless work during the Civil Rights Movement and his dream that one day ...

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

Monday commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with Trump’s ...

A sprawling cemetery on Chattanooga's Missionary Ridge where Ed Johnson was laid to rest after he was lynched on the Walnut Street Bridge in 1906 has been nominated to the National Register of ...

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

RaMell Ross’s magisterial adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, pointedly sets up its central ...

Free Black history and art repository Mama’s Attic in Omaha is a homespun homage to founder LaVon Stennis Williams’ late ...

Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died ...

As multimillion-dollar mansions in celebrity enclaves dominate headlines, Black communities in Altadena face an uphill battle ...