Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) From the first Black president to the first African-American woman ever elected to the United States ...

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump kicked off Black History Month on Wednesday by gathering some of his black aides and supporters at the White House for a “listening” session in which he ...

This is the fourth in a five-part series introducing some of Wisconsin’s most influential African American leaders in business, civil service, nonprofit service and education. They are presented in no ...

Historically, Black political power has not come easily in the United States. The institution of slavery and systems of racial inequality – from Black Codes to Jim Crow – restricted the civil and ...

From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S.