Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968, and the first woman and African American to run ...

In February 2023, history was made in the Commonwealth as elected Democrat Jennifer McCllelan soared to victory in a race to ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester takes the former Wilmington Council President's advice and lessons with her everywhere. It's her ...

For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

House and Senate Republicans remain on a collision course over Donald Trump’s agenda. And the president’s signature issue is at the center of it.

Donald Trump has called for the dismissal of all military academy boards. And he’s pointing to wokeness as justification.

Autumn Lockwood, the Eagles' associate sports performance coach, already made history in Super Bowl LVII, when she became the ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Donald Trump is fleshing out his idea of taking over the Gaza Strip—but it doesn’t include any long-term contingencies other ...

A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first female Black principal in NYC.

Rep. Lisa Demuth became Minnesota’s first Black female House Speaker, sworn in by the state's first Black Senate President, ...