Wendell Smith convinced Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey to take a look at a minor league ballplayer named Jackie Robinson. His character was a big part of the movie “42.” ...

It featured songs from a two-night stand with The Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page. But fans hoping to hear “Hard to Handle” or “She Talks to Angels” were out of luck.

POLK COUNTY, N.C. — The National Interagency Fire Center has designated the Black Cove Complex as the highest-priority fire in the United States. Currently, 500 firefighting personnel from North ...

VAIL, Colo. — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees The Black Crowes are headed back to Colorado. The rock band announced a concert at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail on Saturday, Sept.

A recent National Institutes of Health study found that women who use chemical hair straighteners more than four times a year face an increased risk of uterine cancer, with Black women most affected.

New York Helicopter Tours LLC The fatal helicopter crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. local time, shortly after the aircraft took off from downtown N.Y.C. Onboard was pilot Sean Johnson and a family ...

The Black experience in America has always been shadowed by those who hate us finding new ways to define and label us. It often feels like a rebranding of the hard E-R word, and even in my ...

Carolyn Baker-Marzette broke barriers when she was called to serve as the first black female officer at the Opelousas Police Department. More than 20 years later Marzette is being honored for ...

A brother and sister who make jigsaw puzzles celebrating Black subjects wonder if they need to offer “neutral” images like landscapes to keep growing. Pound Cake and Puzzles of Color are among ...