Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

There’s no denying it. Black women excel at nearly everything they do. From fashion to music to poetry, some of the greatest ...

When educator Jane Dabney Shackelford wrote and published The Child’s Story of the Negro and Helen Adele Whiting wrote Negro Folk Tales for Pupils in the Primary Grades and Negro Art, Music and Rhyme ...

For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 15-year-old girl who was last seen getting into an SUV at a suburban Houston ...

Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill’s album of the year wins all came in the 1990s. Beyoncé’s fifth shot, for ...

Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor, Marla Gibbs & Raamla Mohamed named Essence Black Women in Hollywood honorees. Aldis Hodge to ...

Black Panther 3 confirms Achebe as the villain and Namor’s return, with rumors of a new T’Challa potentially joining the MCU.

Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of ...

The new Captain America is taking flight with some old tricks. Captain America: Brave New World pits star-spangled Avenger Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) against the raging Red Hulk, the hulked-out alter ...

Despite being 89 years old, Hickey is as sharp and passionate about football as the day he won a National Championship with ...

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.