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A new four-part series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This is Our Song," premieres Tuesday on PBS. It’s a sweepi...

SOUL!, America’s first “Black Tonight Show.” From 1968 to 1973, the public television variety show SOUL!, guided by the ...

Kamala Harris, junior United States senator, is the first African-American, the first Asian-American, and the third fema...

Rep. John Lewis, a Civil Rights hero, was a member of the Democratic Party. Lewis served as the Chairman of the Student ...

At 34 years old, Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in league history to reach 30,000 career points. He became the a...

The 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. Reconstruction saw the election of an African American senator, Hiram R...

As of the 2019 World Championships, Biles is the gymnast with the most World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19)...

Elijah Eugene Cummings was an American politician and civil rights advocate who served in the United States House of Rep...

In 2015, Color of Change was ranked 6th on Fast Company's list of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World. Color o...

Bryan A. Stevenson, founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a clinical professor at New York Uni...

Under the Antiquities Act, President Barack Obama designated The Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument on Mar...

In 2015, she became the first black female athlete to have a picture by herself on the cover of Vogue, which she did for...

Venus Williams has won four Olympic gold medals. A former world No. 1, Williams is generally credited with ushering in a...

She became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle End...

She was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black Liberation activist, and one of the most prominent Afr...

Helen Appo Cook was a wealthy, prominent African American community activist in Washington, D.C. and a leader in the wom...

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