Mattel has unveiled a Barbie honoring iconic author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, ahead of Black history month.
A family is demanding answers after an unarmed man was fatally shot by Killeen, TX police when they responded to a mental health crisis call.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has opened a grand jury investigation into the death of Elijah McClain.
An HBCU graduate has made history becoming the first woman and first African-American designated as the U.S. Capitol Police Acting Chief.
39-year-old Carl Dorsey, of South Orange, was fatally shot by Newark police minutes into the new year.
T'wina Nobles, the president and CEO of the Tacoma Urban League, was sworn in as a Washington state senator on Jan. 8, 2021
Miya Ponsetto, the woman who attacked and falsely accused a teen of stealing her cell phone, has been charged with multiple felony counts.
Theodore Lumpkin Jr, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, has died a few days shy of his 101st birthday.
Amiri Baraka, one of the most prominent voices in the Black Arts and Civil Rights movement, died Jan 9, 2014.
The woman who was caught on camera attacking and falsely accusing a teenager of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel was arrested Thursday.