FAIRFAX. VA Cadet Simone Askew of Fairfax, Virginia, has been selected the First Captain of the U.S. Military Academy’s Corps of Cadets for the 2017-2018 academic...
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day fell on July 31 this year, just days before the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report for July was released....
Hundreds of faith leaders are expected to attend the 1,000 Minister’s March that will be held on Aug. 28 in the nation’s capital. The march is...
The slave who helped two white men make Jack Daniels whiskey was named Nathan ‘Nearis’ Green; but the distillery owners were white and Green was a...
DALLAS, TX Detroit Deputy Chief Ulysha Renee Hall will become Dallas’ chief of police on Sept. 5. Hall will become the first female of color to...
In 2015, the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) released a report which said, while Black students made up 24 percent of those enrolled, they made up...
Back in May, I traveled to Chicago and saw “Hamilton: An American Musical” about founding father Alexander Hamilton. During Act II, Hamilton’s adversary Aaron Burr was...
As Derrick Johnson assumes the role of interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), leaders of the nation’s oldest Black...
The NAACP has named Derrick Johnson, the vice chairman of their board of directors, the organization’s interim president. The unanimous decision was made by the executive...
Starting April 1, 2020 the U.S. will undertake its once a decade census count, to determine the nation’s growth and population since 2010. The constitutionally-mandated exercise determines...