Tag: black history month

NBC News Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Legendary businessman Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. smoothly makes the 20-minute drive from Birmingham’s historic Smithfield neighborhood, where he lives,...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times When Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. was a student with the school newspaper at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, just...

BY Zack Budryk The Hill  Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday named Sonceria “Ann” Berry secretary of the Senate, the first African American woman to hold the...

Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, What moment in Black History stands out for you? REGGIE COOK: “There are so many, but I would...

By Donna M. Owens Essence Sidney Poitier, the dashing, trailblazing star of stage and screen, has received countless accolades and awards as one of Hollywood’s most...

By Sara Boboltz Black Voices A tribute to the Confederacy outside a courthouse in Dekalb County, Georgia, will be replaced by a memorial to the late...

By David Crary Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and...

By Veleka Finch doingmoretoday.com Black Americans helped build the backbones of commerce, community organizing, science, education, arts and entertainment in our nation – holding true to what...

MSN News Voting rights activist and politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reports. Abrams, who played...