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Big Mama Thornton was a big name in R&B. She's one of the many Black musicians we credit for what we today call rock & roll.
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The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.
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A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.
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The Nebraska native was a star quarterback for Omaha University before the Denver Broncos drafted him as a cornerback in the 14th round in 1968. He wasn't allowed to compete for the QB job in 1969.
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The American Rescue Plan promised $4 billion in debt relief to “socially disadvantaged farmers.” But a swarm of lawsuits from banks and white farmers alleging discrimination has put the aid on hold.
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After a lower court found a Louisiana congressional map likely dilutes votes of Black voters, the Supreme Court put on hold an order for a second majority Black congressional district to be created.
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The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial.
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Lil Nas X's new single rails against BET after the star wasn't nominated for a single BET Award.
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Historian Nell Irvin Painter is calling a new find in the New York state archives dramatic and moving.
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Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.