Opal Lee turns 100 years old, marking a milestone worthy of national celebration. Known nationwide as the Grandmother of Juneteenth.
The site, known as Cherry Lane Cemetery, served as a burial ground for enslaved and formerly enslaved Black residents beginning in the 1850s. It eventually became...
R&B singer Freddie Jackson, whose smooth tenor shaped the quiet‑storm era and produced some of the genre’s most enduring ballads, has died at 70.
Selma, Ala., appointed Ettice Brickus as its new police chief, making her the first Black woman to lead the department.
Tony Brown’s national broadcast career began in 1970 when he took over the monthly public‑affairs program Black Journal.
Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the Village People and the unmistakable voice behind “Y.M.C.A.,” died Tuesday at 74 after what his family described as...
ATLANTA — Spelman College has made history, naming seven valedictorians in its Class of 2026. The group is the largest ever recorded at the historically Black...
Salenah Cartier, a 23‑year‑old Houston scholar, has made history as the youngest Ph.D. graduate at the University of Houston, according to school records.
At 108, Delaware woman still drives, exercises and says she “grows old gracefully.”
Crystal R. Emery, a filmmaker, author, disability‑rights leader and national STEM advocate, died at 65 after a long series of illnesses.
