In honor of Black History Month, PennLive will once again this year recognize emerging leaders in the Black community who are ...

Black activists who registered voters in the Jim Crow South faced threats, violence, and murder. Despite evidence and witnesses, perpetrators of these political killings were rarely held accountable ...

Reflecting on the lives and legacies of notable Black figures who passed away in 2025. Their contributions to music, sports, politics, and activism.

The path from Compton to Jerusalem isn’t typically considered a straight line, but an innovative trio of thought leaders was ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA paid tribute to four African American activists who helped desegregate public transportation. Students from a local charter school were invited to the event at SEPTA ...

Domestic violence is often an unseen crisis that occurs behind closed doors. In the United States, more than 35.6 % of women and roughly 28.5 % of men are affected by DV. Under the Violence Against ...

With the passing of Assata Shakur and the current administration openly targeting opponents, we decided to take a look at how FBI’s COINTELPRO program targeted, spied on, and sabotaged Black activists ...

Revolutionary, political activist, and member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), Assata Shakur has passed away at the age of 78. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement confirming ...

Medical supplies for the front are piled up at a railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1935. Back in America, Black educator Melva L. Price rallied support for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the ...

People attend a samba concert in the area of Quilombo Pedra do Sal, backdropped by a graffiti depicting Zumbi Dos Palmares, the main leader of Quilombo dos Palmares who became a symbol of the fight ...

The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...