On this date the founder of the settlement which would grow to be­come the city of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, sold his property and left the settlement. The Haitian-born frontier trader ...

It wasn't until well after the Civil Rights Era, in 1992, that the state elected its first Black representative to Congress ...

The Chocolate Drops gained notice for the nimble showmanship and imaginative zeal they brought to their minstrel-era repertoire, but the novelty of a young, Black, old-time band also turned heads.

Now, to point out the obvious: The #1 overall pick was black, and ESPN completely ignored him ... And one of those critics was former congressman Jamaal Bowman, who represented New York’s 16th ...

Also, to use their track Hot Stuff from their mid-70s period Black and Blue album is an underrated banger. Aston Martin too, two icons,” he said. “We shot it on 16mm film to give it some ...

The city of Portland has temporarily lost $6.7 million earmarked for the Bull Run water filtration project due to “fraudulent activity,” a city spokeswoman stated Wednesday. The matter is under ...

WASHINGTON (WJHL) — Northeast Tennessee Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger is facing criticism after referring to a Black representative ... during which Democratic Congressman Al Green was ...

“It’s about whether Black people in this society are going ... She represents Tennessee’s first Congressional district in Northeast Tennessee.

(The city’s population, he says, remained fairly stable at about eight million, with Black and Hispanic people moving in as the white people left). The significance of this, to Gribetz ...

A Tennessee congresswoman is under scrutiny after making remarks about a Black representative and ... Referring to the host's previous question about congressional dynamics, Harshbarger said ...