This is Wilson’s initiative since 1993, when the nonprofit organization began as the 500 African American Role Models of Excellence, connecting mentors with Black boys and opening them to ...

An event to honor Azie Taylor Morton, the first and only African American to serve as U.S. treasurer, will take place ...

“These church members played an active role in rebuilding the church ... protects the historic farm as “a model for preserving other African-American owned agricultural land,” according ...

"The Buffalo Soldiers hold a special place in our history, leading and serving despite racism," said Rockland Legislator ...

The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development ...

Jewel Plummer Cobb was a cancer researcher who investigated how hormones, ultraviolet light and chemotherapeutic drugs can cause changes in cell division. She was also an influential figure, ...

Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the ...

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory recently hosted Cote I'voire-based APROMAC, a non-profit dedicated to the ...

Sewell said her mother was "an amazing role model to me," being the first African American woman to be on the Selma, Alabama, City Council and a career high school librarian. "Cancer affects ...

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry turnaround is sometimes portrayed as a triumph of Chinese influence. The truth is more ...

A man who is considered “an inspiration and role model of excellence” in the local African American community has been ...