Shirley Chisholm, first Black woman to be elected to Congress (in 1968) and to run for president (in 1972) 3. “History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of ...

Dr. Christina Greer: Hi, and welcome to The Blackest Questions. A trivia game show meant to teach us more about Black history. I’m your host, Dr. Christina Greer, Politics Editor for theGrio ...

terrorized and traumatized a community of Black students and committed one of the gravest sins in our city’s history," NBC reported. "The spring of 1970 saw the first general student strike in ...

Harris has made more than 35 trips to 16 states since the start of the year, including a Black History Month tour of historically Black colleges and universities and a March trip to Black Wall ...

Williams wanted to write plays or screenplays with strong Black roles, but there were no classes or other guidance at home.

The Caribbean is the largest origin source of Black immigrants, but the fastest growth is among African immigrants. The Black African immigrant population in the US grew by 246%, from roughly ...

The Human Rights Campaign’s HBCU program has released a syllabus inspired by Beyoncé’s 2022 Renaissance, per a detailed report by Billboard. Renaissance: A Queer Syllabus, was released on Monday and ...

Series such as ‘Franklin’ and ‘Manhunt’ have turned AppleTV+ into a home for a certain style of period stories.

Its history ... the US supreme court ordered Alabama lawmakers to redraw its seven congressional districts, noting that more than a quarter of Alabama’s residents are Black but only one of ...

with a black prewrap. “A Mal Pugh ponytail,” Shaw called it, in honor of Mallory Swanson, née Pugh, the US national team forward who wore her hair the same way. On Saturday, 19-year-old Shaw ...

Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A long history of systemic racism and ...