NAACP President Cornell Brooks voted out ...

U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-5) introduced his first bill in the 115th Congress. The Entrepreneurial Education Act aims to help train emerging leaders who are running businesses in economically disadvantaged communities. ...

House votes to limit powers of first Black Librarian of Congress ...

Rep. Scott urges parents to stay vigilant on ESSA ...

Public opinion still mixed on rape allegations against Cosby ...

Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill spent most of the morning questioning the first 100 juror candidates in the criminal trial of comedian Bill Cosby. ...

Daymond John, an entrepreneur, known on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” and the mastermind behind the FUBU brand, opened up in an interview with “Good Morning America” last week about his diagnosis with stage two thyroid cancer. ...

Integration pioneers to be honored with state historical marker ...

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have submitted plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for the spring peer review window, the U.S. Department of Education said this month. ...

The first African Americans to serve in the modern Navy at general rating will be honored with the dedication of a permanent historical marker on the 75th anniversary of their enlisting. The marker, which will be installed at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 27 at the intersection of West Franklin and South Roberson streets, commemorates U.S. Navy Band B-1, which was attached to the Navy's PreFlight School on the UNC ...