Midshipman positions have been announced which includes the selection of the Naval Academy's first African American woman brigade commander.
Democrats Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones have become the first openly gay Black men elected to Congress after winning their elections.
Democrat Teresa Myers Ervin defeated Republican Bryan Braddock becoming Florence's first woman, African American mayor.
Brandon Scott has made history. The Baltimore City Council president won the election to become the city's 52nd mayor.
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.
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
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