Oprah donates $1.15 million to help minority students succeed in college
(CNN) Oprah Winfrey stunned a predominantly-female audience in Charlotte by announcing she would donate $1.15 million to help minority...
Harvard is set to award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah
Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University this year for their contributions to...
Bulletproof memorial to Mississippi civil rights icon Emmett Till replaces vandalized sign
A new bulletproof memorial to slain civil rights icon Emmett Till was unveiled Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers...
Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday at the age of 68
Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday at the age of 68, his office said. Cummings passed away at Johns...
History Montgomery, Alabama, elects its first African-American mayor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Montgomery, a city where more than half the population is black and known as the birthplace of the civil rights...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce crowned the fastest woman in the world ... not that many fans saw it
(CNN) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce further staked her claim as one of the greatest female sprinters of all time by storming to victory in the...