
Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin, who refused to give...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to surrender her seat …

Southern Black Girls Invests More Than $1.2M in 2025...
Heading into 2026, the Southern Black Girls movement stands strong—fueling Southern organizations and small businesses …

Black maternal health advocate Dr. Janell Green Smith passes...
Just in her 30s, Green Smith—widely known as the “Loc’d Midwife”—worked with the nonprofit organization …

History made: New York County appoints its first Black...
Jackie Salvatore has officially been sworn in as New York’s first Black woman sheriff. New …