On July 21, 1896, in the heart of Washington, D.C., over 100 Black women leaders gathered at Nineteenth Street Baptist…
I started playing basketball when I was around 12 years old. I was an angry and grieving foster kid who…
While the WNBA is experiencing a period of great success not seen before in its almost three decades of existence, it’s also…
A ceremony held late last week honored Renee Messelin, a World War I veteran who was the first Black woman…
This Day In History: July 20th Prior to 1993, the city of St. Louis, Missouri, had never had an African…
This Day In History: July 19th Writer, educator and activist Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson used her talents to address complex…
This Day In History: July 18th Respected inventor and businessman Leonard C. Bailey received several patents and co-founded the Capital…
A NOTE READERS: This piece was originally published on NewsOne July 15, 2026. Can you believe it? Republicans have finally found a…
Crocodile. The first time I ate one, no crocodile tears were shed for the carnivorous critter impaled on a Maasai…
This Day In History: July 17th Legendary actress and performer Diahann Carroll began her career during the 1950s and earned…
Chalk one up for the little guy! Senator Raphael Warnock just dealt a massive blow to private equity’s monopoly on…
On this day 172 years ago, schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham successfully began her campaign to desegregate the New York transit…