
The late-great Josephine Baker is well-known France and Europe, but never quite received her flowers while alive in America, where she was born. We know...
Wallace Bernard Jefferson (born July 22, 1963) is a former — and the first Black — chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who...
By Stacy M. Brown/ NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Two of the men found guilty of the assassination of Malcolm X are expected to have...
By: William Monroe Trotter II If you thought I was about deliver a retelling of our being brought here in 1419 as slaves, you will...
There are so many African Americans who fought for our advancement in the Texas political arena, and we won’t stop until you get to...
As we approach yet another round of voting, we want to highlight a little known politician who made major strides as an African American right...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson History is under attack. Most importantly, the attitudes, truths, and progress regarding eradicating racial inequality are under attack, and it all...
A marble statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is replacing one of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall, making history...
Louisiana native Terence O. Blanchard is the first Black artist to debut an original Opera at the famous Metropolitan Opera House. “Fire Shut Up in...
The next time you’re at a family reunion or another outdoor function at Christia V. Adair Park in southeast Houston, you don’t have to ask...