The son of slaves, Ottaway Gurley would become a multi-millionaire and one of the richest African-Americans in the country.

At a time when Black officers couldn't ticket white drivers, Lewis still upheld the law with fairness and integrity. His son ...

Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

The champions of Spain travel to the champions of England as Manchester City host Real Madrid in a blockbuster tie in the Champions League playoffs. It is the f ...

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance is growing in viewership hours after the big game, gaining more 11 million ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 years and father.

Orlando native Clay Rivers brings a passion for equality and a lifetime of looking like an outsider to portray Death in the ...

Z, Bradley Cooper and more are at the Super Bowl to cheer on their favorite teams. The Kansas City Chiefs are taking on the ...

A group of demonstrators wearing black clothing, some holding Nazi flags with swastikas, quickly left a Cincinnati-area ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of Black residents. Decades later, the retired nurse ...

We have another new phrase in our national vocabulary that is called the “Ferguson Effect.” In May 2015 the final, 99-page report on Obama’s “Task Force on 21st Century Policing” was ...