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Wayne Osmond, 73. A singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-album-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known ...
Descendants of WWII's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion express outrage over Trump's decision to rename military bases honoring Black veterans.
“In my book, Black fatigue is the mental and physical exhaustion that comes from repeated acts of discrimination over time,” ...
Meet Michele Samuels, the first Black woman to be named "Madame President" of the prestigious Detroit Golf Club.
Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate ...
So far, one other woman in the June 24 primary is vying for the job — Jessica Ramos, a Queens-based state senator who, if elected, would also be the city’s first Latino mayor.
Sherae'a "Rae" Moore makes history as the first Black woman elected to the General Assembly south of the C&D canal, winning House District 8. Moore will replace retiring Democrat Quinn Johnson who ...
Nicole Roberts will become the first Black woman to take the oath as mayor of Pennsauken Township on Tuesday night. Mayor-elect Roberts said she is eager to step into her new role.
The NJ National Guard will be led by a Black woman for the first time. Colonel Yvonne L. Mays, the Adjutant General of New Jersey was promoted to Brigadier General at the National Guard Armory in ...
The USS Beloit, a littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the first African American woman to be a major general, Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson, serving as the ...
First African-American woman major general will serve as USS Beloit ship sponsor Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson became the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major general in 2011.