Even before his skull was fractured by an Alabama state trooper during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, John Lewis had, ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

He helped sway Ronald Reagan to sign a bill offering cash and an apology to Japanese Americans who had been imprisoned during ...

In a landmark election, voters have chosen the first two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate simultaneously. Delaware’s ...

History was made up and down the ballot in the 2024 election, bringing firsts to the White House, House of Representatives and Senate.

While many African-American women voters awakened Wednesday morning to the news that Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala ...

Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks will be the first two Black women to serve together in the U.S. Senate at the same time. With ...

Maryland voters made history on Tuesday, voting to send Angela Alsobrooks to Washington as the first Black woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

As voters awaited the results of the presidential election, the outcomes of a handful of U.S. House and Senate races have ...

In a landmark achievement, Lisa Blunt Rochester has been elected as Delaware’s first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON — Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks made history in the November election after ...