1969: Controversial University of Chicago sociology professor Marlene Dixon — who inspired a more than two-week sit-in by ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan recommended his police chief choice to the City Council a week after three finalists were forwarded ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

The Rome branch organized a Black History Month event in partnership with Connected Community Schools, screening the ...

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, has a long history, working since 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. It was ...

The local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Unit No. 6013, will hold its monthly ...

NAACP Branch swears in new leaders, City of sends out 2025 real estate reassessments, and Shenandoah Valley Art Center's ...

Jon Batiste brought musicianship and New Orleans flair to the Super Bowl national anthem, while Lauren Daigle and Ledisi also ...

The hymn was performed at this year's Super Bowl in New Orleans by the Louisiana-born singer Ledisi, sparking backlash from prominent right-wing commentators and MAGA, including Charlie Kirk and the ...

President Donald Trump lied about the Panama Canal, 2020 election, and Nancy Pelosi, but also correctly noted that he scored "dramatic increases in support" from Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, ...