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

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

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

Leader’s yearlong examination of notable people, institutions and key moments in Lexington’s history focuses on an early ...

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.

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

Not every member of the “First Five” graduated from the University, but they are remembered collectively as trailblazers who ...

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

Demuth, who is also the first Republican woman in the position, says she is honored by the historic designation but she doesn ...

As a student, Donald Trump played high school football. As a business baron, he owned a team in an upstart rival to the NFL ...

The four top national leaders of the Proud Boys, convicted for seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 but now freed by Trump, say they have lofty goals.