Edith Renfrow Smith, a supercentenarian born the granddaughter of slaves and who lived through the administrations of 19 U.S.

A terrorist inspired by ISIS drives a Ford F-150 pickup into pedestrians on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring 57.U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell is sworn in to represent Missouri’s ...

Denise Grant, the Jamaica-born mayor of Lauderhill, Florida, has been recognized as one of the most influential Black women ...

Roxanne Brown makes history as the first African-American woman elected as president of the United Steelworkers, representing a shift in labor leadership.

HOLLYWOOD, S.C. (WCSC) — Herbert Gadson, the first African American mayor of the town of Hollywood, died in the early hours of Friday morning at the age of 77.

Former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mission is to build a generation of African women leaders who will lead ...

BLACK ENTERPRISE will celebrate 20 years of honoring executive women of color when it hosts the 2026 Women of Power Summit in ...

Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...

The CIAA announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Class and Charlie Neal as Jimmy Jenkins Award recipient.

January 1 marked a historic milestone for local governance as three Black women were sworn in as mayors of major cities.

This is womanhood with a healthy dash of American depravity and barely a nod to subtlety. She's 38, divorced, sporting an architecture that owes nothing to nature and everything to a talented surgeon, ...