Bette Davis won an Academy Award for Jezebel, a film that came out years before Gone With the Wind, but is still compared to ...

Some 70 years after her death, however, she is finally being recognized for her achievements as possibly Canada’s first Black ...

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go into space, was not amused by comments made by a CBS News host on Monday morning ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball. 1952 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings holds ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign an MLB contract. 1949 — Sam Snead wins the Masters, beating Lloyd Mangrum and Johnny Bulla by three strokes.

Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first ...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Former Costa Rica President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says the U.S. government’s unexplained cancelation of his visa won’t stop his public criticism.

Halle Berry is reflecting on her groundbreaking Oscar win in 2002, now viewing it as a rare exception rather than a moment of lasting change. As the only Black woman to have ever won the Academy ...

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus won the Miami Open title last Saturday, March 29, by beating Jessica Pegula of the United States 7-5 6-2. The win consolidated the Belarusian's position as the World No. 1.

For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held ... usually in community settings that bonded generations of women together. When Africans were captured and forced into slavery ...

Liu became the first American woman to claim a title since Kimmie Meissner in 2006. Liu's victory marked a meteoric comeback after stepping away from the sport in 2022. "I mean, it means so much ...

But on Friday, almost three years after retiring from the sport, Liu became the first American woman for 19 years to win a figure skating world title. “Even yesterday I didn’t expect this ...