Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. During a time when land ownership was ...

The decision to remove display cases featuring prominent Black Denverites from the Blair-Caldwell African American Research ...

The infamous 8 minutes, 46 seconds (later revised by prosecutors to 9 minutes, 29 seconds) in which George Floyd, a Black ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

John E. Harmon, Sr., gave the commencement address and received an honorary doctorate from William Paterson University ...

William "Bill" Johnson, the first African American police officer in the City of Zachary died Saturday, May 21.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is the first African American and first Muslim American elected to statewide office in Minnesota. He successfully led a team of attorneys in the rare ...

B Special to the AFRO Few attorneys are as closely tied to America’s civil rights struggles as Benjamin Crump. Known for representing families in high-profile wrongful death cases, Crump has become a ...

The Sons of Union Veterans visited Glenwood Cemetery to honor African Americans who fought with the Union during the Civil War.

Recently, a past 2018 slur resurfaced from another House Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota. She had falsely claimed, “I ...

Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza stood as a place to mourn, celebrate, argue and ultimately renew the nation’s commitment to the fight for equality. Then, amid a recent shift in political winds ...

A 12-year-old golf CEO and founder of Spectrum Golf will be inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame this weekend in Riviera Beach.