Blount eventually became the first African American surgeon to operate at Cone Hospital in 1964. We remember Capt. Alvin Vincent Blount Jr. for his life-saving contributions to his fellow Soldiers ...

Gertrude Theresa Hodges, the first African American Johns Hopkins School of Nursing graduate, died of stroke complications March 28 at her East Baltimore home. She was 88. Mrs. Hodges also headed ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of ...

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith titled ...

FORT SMITH -- The first African-American woman to go to outer space, Mae Jemison, said she ventured beyond the earth ...

Pocomoke City Council has a new member. Sharnell Tull has called the city her home for her entire life, and is the first African American woman to serve in her district. “You might now even have ...

A new book will focus on South Carolina's first African American female physician. Authors Dr. Walter B. Curry, Beverly Aiken-Muhammad and Anusha Ghosh present the narrative of Dr. Matilda Evans ...

In the late 1770s, George Lisle, an emancipated slave, became a Christian in his master’s church and later started the first African-American Baptist church in Georgia. He is also thought to be ...

Sanchez took 15 students from Harvest Collegiate High School on the field trip to the African American museumin 2017, the same week as Trump’s first inauguration. Sanchez had taught classes ...

Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, ...