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Corrie Davis

Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery

"They made me a slave today." Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black, recounted ...

Donald Trump

Trump calls America's story 'the greatest political journey'

President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as "the greatest political journey in human history" in a Fourth of ...

Donald Trump

Trump asks Americans to 'stay true to our cause'

President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as "the greatest political journey in human history" in a Fourth of ...

Declaration of Independence still inspires activists

Shauna Marie O'Toole is a transgender activist who has organized and attended countless rallies and lobbied New York State ...

Sanders makes case for democratic socialism after criticism

Bernie Sanders on Wednesday mounted a strong defense of democratic socialism, the economic philosophy that has guided his ...

Sanders to outline 'what democratic socialism means to me'

Seeking to rebut President Donald Trump's attempts to cast him and Democrats as too liberal, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ...

Cataract treatment inventor Dr. Patricia Bath dies at 76

Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical ...

Leah Chase

Famed New Orleans chef who fed civil rights leaders dies

Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served "soul food." Well, that would ...

Leah Chase

Legendary Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase, dies at 96

New Orleans chef and civil rights icon Leah Chase, who created the city's first white-tablecloth restaurant for black ...

Oklahoma City bombing trial judge Richard Matsch dies at 88

U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch, who ruled his courtroom with a firm gavel and a short temper and gained national respect ...

Michelle Obama, Rayven Peterson, Anta Njie

Michelle Obama surprises students to talk about memoir

A group of students from Spelman and Morehouse colleges who've been studying Michelle Obama's memoir, "Becoming," had a ...

Mavis Staples, Jon Batiste

Mavis Staples throws a party at Apollo Theater

Her fans stood and cheered from the moment Mavis Staples appeared on stage and stayed on their feet until she left. They sang ...

Group seeks to reverse naming of Kansas City street for King

More than 50 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the question of how to honor him continues to ...

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win

Aretha Franklin is still getting R-E-S-P-E-C-T after death: The Queen of Soul received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation ...

Detroit-area sculptor to memorialize civil right activist

A 23-year-old sculptor is shaping the memory of a Detroit civil rights activist who was slain in Alabama during a 1965 voting ...

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders calls Trump a racist before Apollo event

Sen. Bernie Sanders made a trip to the Apollo Theater in Harlem to pay tribute to Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett and the ...

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders calls Trump a racist before Apollo event

Sen. Bernie Sanders made a trip to the Apollo Theater in Harlem to pay tribute to Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett and the ...

Harris sends message to old-guard: Every era has its end

California Sen. Kamala Harris sent a subtle signal to the old-guard of Democratic politics that every era has its end. At an ...

Harris to visit historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is set to speak Sunday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, ...

Bid to strip Confederate link from Arkansas flag fails again

An Arkansas House panel on Wednesday rejected for a second time a proposal to change the meaning of a star on the state's ...