Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first African American sorority, charters its first chapter in Puerto Rico, expanding its ...

From the hardwood to the field, one woman at Kilgore College is creating a new path for athletes in East Texas as the ...

Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Detroit native, had two children, including disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and a ...

Clad in pink formal wear and accompanied by live smooth jazz, the Miami-Dade Charmettes and their sister chapters came ...

South African rowers make history at the Head of the Charles Regatta as the first crew of color from the country to compete ...

Kathryn Jones began to visit Washington's museums in January and didn't plan to make it her full-time pursuit, but it become ...

Misty Copeland retires from American Ballet Theatre after a groundbreaking career, honored for breaking barriers and ...

One of the recipients, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, has raised nearly $200 million and supported over ...

Forty years ago this month, the comedic basketball troupe, the Harlem Globetrotters, added a woman to its roster. NPR's ...

For Black History Month, student and aspiring airline pilot, KASHA-MARIE ABABIO takes a look at some black aviation role ...

The Du Bois Freedom Center and Massachusetts College of Art and Design are partnering to create a portrait honoring Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved African American woman to gain her ...

While survival rates have improved overall, studies show Black women are still more likely to die from breast cancer. Channel ...