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Photo: Getty Images Despite consistent attempts at erasure, Black women’s political and civic involvement in the United States dates back centuries. Their massive efforts to promote human…
Photo: Getty Images A state judge has given the final stamp of approval on a $600 million settlement over the Flint Water Crisis. On Tuesday (March…
Photo: Getty Images A New York man has had his name cleared after spending nearly three decades in prison for a murder he long claimed he…
1492—Alonzo Pietro sets sail with Christopher Columbus as he begins his famous journey to find a new trade route to China, but accidentally “discovers” the Americas.…
Photo: Shanquella Robinson Instagram The group traveling with Shanquella Robinson, a 25-year-old North Carolina woman found dead at a resort in Mexico, was heard laughing and…
Ennis Leon Jacobs, Jr. The most advanced industrial democracy on the planet stands today in deep distress, critical societal divisions, political dysfunction, and severe economic challenges.…
Zelitra Peterson has tapped into her creativity during a journey in which art, she said, saved her life. (Photo: George W. Tillman Jr./The New Tri-State Defender)…
The state takeover is based largely on one school. Maskot / Getty Images by Domingo Morel, New York University When the state of Texas took over…
President Carter’s interest in southern Africa was crucial to keeping the peace. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr by Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University When historians and pundits praise…
VANESSA WILLIAMS 1897—The 55th Congress convened with one Black member remaining in the legislative body—George White of North Carolina. All the Black political progress made during…