Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

"This bill is not a symbolic gesture, but rather a meaningful step for repairing the deep structural injustices," U.S. Rep.

There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled a March 24 hearing to determine whether Louisiana will have one or two majority-Black ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens celebrated Black History Month with an informative and inspiring guest speaking engagement on ...

U.S. population data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau ... Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American, according to a Pew ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, in an address from the floor of the House of Representatives, focused on the ...

For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

Black History Month was officially recognized almost 50 years ago. Here's what to know about the month-long celebration of Black culture.

In February 2023, history was made in the Commonwealth as elected Democrat Jennifer McCllelan soared to victory in a race to ...