Morgan Cato has made history as the first Black woman Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations for an NBA team.
Trudy Haynes, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who became the first Black TV weather reporter in the U.S. and the first Black TV reporter in Philadelphia, has...
Renee Poussaint, an award-winning journalist who anchored for CBS and ABC and later turned into a lecturer, has passed away. She was 77.
Lusia Harris, the first and only woman drafted in the NBA, has died at the age of 66, her alma mater Delta State announced Tuesday.
Paul Mooney, an empowering figure in the comedy world, has died at the age of 79.
The Rev. Gilbert Caldwell, a civil rights icon who was a part of the Selma "Bloody Sunday" march and the March on Washington, has died.
Toni Morrison, a literary legend who encapsulated the essence of black identity, in particular, the black woman experience, has passed away in the Bronx. She was...
Ntozake Shange, the poet, novelist and playwright of choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” has passed awa
Della Reese, the musical icon and legendary actress who starred in 'Touched By An Angel', passed away Sunday evening her family confirms. She was 86.
Comedian, actor, and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who hit racism head on through his sharp and satirical style of comedy, has died. He was 84.
