Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three decades after his death, the “father of Afrobeat” Fela Kuti has made history by becoming the first African to get a Lifetime ...

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This Black History Month, WREG honors a woman who didn’t just wear the badge; she changed what leadership looks like. After nearly 40 years with the Memphis Police Department, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A historic New Orleans church founded by the first African American congregation ever incorporated in Louisiana is facing city liens and thousands of dollars in fines as church ...