On this day 172 years ago, schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham successfully began her campaign to desegregate the New York transit…
Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862, on a plantation in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was the oldest…
We all make mistakes as parents, but there is a big difference between holding a healthy boundary and being held…
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced extensive prenatal and postnatal care for new mothers as maternal deaths…
On Thursday, July 16, at 1:30 p.m., Black Wall Street Minnesota will hold a press conference at the George Floyd…
This Day In History: July 15th Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, served two terms in office despite his…
NOTE TO READERS: This piece was originally published on NewsOne July 13, 2026. The longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is…
The Union Communications Workers of America released a statement late last week, vowing to fight for workers’ rights amidst mass…
This Day In History: July 14th Due to modern-day comforts, one often associates the freezer and refrigerator as a single…
Sarah Elisabeth Goode was born in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio. Goode was an inventor, entrepreneur and one of the first…
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ended without the broad national conversation many expected. Instead, white nationalist politics…
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a white person be the “only one” in the room. I was…