99-year-old Dr. Robert H. Smith Sr., who was born the son of a sharecropper on a plantation, is making sure his voice is being heard.
Gospel singing legend and COGIC Bishop Rance Allen died Saturday morning at the age of 71, according to his family.
Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who now is the first African American prelate elevated to cardinal.
Fred Dean, Pro Football Hall of Famer and two-time Super Bowl winner, has died Wednesday at the age of 68.
Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, a key member of the Cincinnati Reds' famed Big Red Machine, has died at age 77.
The first Black woman to be accepted, commissioned, and integrated into the regular Army Air Corps, celebrated her 100th birthday Sept. 29.
Bruce Williamson, the former lead singer for the Motown group The Temptations, has died after a reported battle with coronavirus.
St. Louis Cardinals' Hall of Famer Lou Brock has died Sunday afternoon the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. He was 81.
Johnathon Hines, a teacher at Barack Obama Elementary School in Atlanta, has been recognized as Georgia’s Pre-K Teacher of the Year.
Once living in poverty and homeless,, entertainment mogul Tyler Perry has officially become a billionaire, according to Forbes.
