Authorities are searching for a man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers. Authorities have identified him as 57-year ...

In 1863, Smalls became captain of the Planter, the first Black man to command a United States vessel. He held this position ...

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their Brooklyn Park home shortly after 2 a.m.

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

and following the First Battle of Bull Run and the Peninsula Campaign, many worried the war would end with a Confederate victory, as Union losses continued to mount. After the Union forces had been ...

A BASEBALL FIELD IN BENSON NOW BEARS THE NAME OF OMAHA’S FIRST BLACK DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF. CURRENT CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER AND MEMBERS OF THE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF OMAHA WERE THERE ...

Growing up, her aunt quickly became her inspiration, as she attended to neighbors when they were sick and was compassionate in ... 1864, becoming the first African American woman to receive a ...

Parren Mitchell, the state's first Black congressman. Advertisement Article ... Most of the tax increases were imposed on high-income residents, including two new higher tax brackets for people ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Congressman Charlie Rangel Photo ... Rangel was the first African American to serve as Chairman of ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, often mentioned among Democrats as a potential presidential candidate, has been saying for months that he isn’t running for the White House in 2028 ...

President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official. Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and ...

Parren J. Mitchell, a trailblazer in politics and civil rights, was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland. Parren J. Mitchell, a trailblazer in politics and civil rights ...