In a 56-43 vote, Loretta Lynch was confirmed as attorney general making her the first black woman in history.
Actor Ben Powers, best known for his role in the 1970s CBS television series "Good Times," has died at age 64.
While most students would be happy to get into just one Ivy League School, Harold Ekeh has a lot of boasting and then some.
Lauryn Hill's groundbreaking album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, will be inducted into Library of Congress.
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the march in Selma to Montgomery for equal voting rights in which was called Bloody Sunday.
The United States Postal Service has finally revealed the stamp of legendary author and poet Maya Angelou
The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it will be honoring the late Maya Angelou with a Forever Stamp.
While the message of Dr. King always enlightened me, I was often intrigued by the teachings of Malcolm X and what he represented.
Marion Barry, the longtime mayor of Washington, DC who had a remarkable political comeback after a 1990 FBI sting videotaped him smoking crack cocaine, died early...
Ruby Dee, the award-winning actress whose seven-decade career included triumphs on stage and screen, has died. She was 91.
