Hakeem Jeffries Expected To Be Chosen As The First Black House Minority Leader
A historic vote is set for Wednesday afternoon to give House Democrats their first Black leader.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is a graduate of New York...
Louisiana Republican Officials Are Asking The U.S. Supreme Court To Define Who Counts As...
Who counts as Black?
The thorny question has quietly found its way before the U.S. Supreme Court again, ensnared in a major legal battle over...
Black Women Are Holding Donald Trump Accountable
Former President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime getting away with things. Rich and willing to use an army of lawyers to defend his...
Madam C.J. Walker, The First U.S. Self-Made Female Millionaire, Gets Her Own Barbie
Madam C. J. Walker is joining the Barbie Inspiring Women Series, a collection of dolls based on historical role models who paved the way...
Mississippi’s Jim Crow-Era Felony Voting Law Is Constitutional, Federal Court Rules
A Jim Crow-era provision of the Mississippi constitution designed to disfranchise Black voters is constitutional, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday.
The case deals...
Grand Jury Declines To Indict Woman In Emmett Till Killing
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly...
Floridian Ashley Adirika Accepted Into All Eight Ivy League Schools
Florida teen Ashley Adirika has always dreamed of attending an Ivy League school. So in late fall, she applied to not just one –...
Mayor Eric Adams Announces Juneteenth Is Now An Official Holiday In NYC
Juneteenth — a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States — is now an official New York City holiday, Mayor Eric...
54th Anniversary Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
54 years after his assassination, Memphis clergy and community members plan to honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On the anniversary of his...
Biden To Sign Legislation Named For Emmett Till Making Lynching A Federal Hate Crime
President Joe Biden will sign the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law Tuesday, making lynching a hate crime under federal law.
Congress failed to pass...
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Trump’s Primary Defense Attorney Set To Testify Before Grand Jury In Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents...
Donald Trump’s primary defense attorney is expected to testify Friday to a federal grand jury, answering questions in the documents prove that the former...
Complete List Of 26 Republicans Who Refused To Denounce White Supremacy
Over two dozen Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee refused to join their Democratic counterparts in signing a letter denouncing white supremacy...
West Virginia Senators Reject Bans on child marriage, Spousal Rape
A bill to keep minors from marrying in West Virginia was defeated Wednesday in a late-night Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
The committee rejected a vote...