After a year of wide-ranging efforts by Hegseth and others to denigrate Black military service, Skip’s life—in its triumph and its tragedy—serves as a powerful reminder that stories of true patriotism ...

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

Roughly 5% of the population in Sioux City, Iowa is African American, yet they have a rich history in the metro area.

The Milford Museum will mark Black History Month with a public program examining the role of African American soldiers in ...

In 1776, the United States of America as we know it declared independence. And from the 18th century to today, the country ...

More than 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, the fight for civil rights continues, as advocates and ...

When Kassidy Hooter learned in December how much her health insurance costs were going to rise this year, she went into panic mode. The Shreveport, Louisiana, resident and mother of three knew she ...

A majority of Americans say they disapprove of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "handling their job" in a poll conducted on the day ICE removal officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee ...

There is no doubt that Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro, now in US custody, should no longer be in power. In 2018, the bus driver-turned-despot claimed an election victory in what analysts ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your ...

Hollywood actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have been granted Guinean citizenship, tracing their ancestry to the West African nation via DNA testing. The pair received their new nationality in a ...