Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

He was the kind of defiant, well-schooled, experienced attorney that Nevada needed at that time,” a historian said.

Jotaka Eaddy, founder and CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen, and Essence Communications will receive special honors at the 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors ceremony held Friday, Feb. 21 in Los Angeles.

The biographical sports drama 42 starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson is coming to a new streaming platform. Here's ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero ... and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall served as a pallbearer. His name is John Wesley Dobbs. Though his ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in ... and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall served as a pallbearer. His name is John Wesley ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early ... Justice Thurgood Marshall served as a pallbearer. His name is John Wesley Dobbs. Though his amazing life is documented ...

Born into poverty in 1882 in rural Kennesaw, GA, Dobbs’ parents were former slaves — his mother’s biological father was a ...

As a Black American, I always approach February’s annual celebration of Black History Month with pride and bewilderment.

What do Martin Luther King Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and former Vice President Kamala Harris have in ...

As the justices mull getting back into the business of strictly scrutinizing smut, their forebears offer some good reasons ...