Dr. Sian Proctor, the first African American woman to pilot a spaceship, shares her journey inspired by her late father’s encouragement and overcoming self-doubt. Now a U.S. Science Envoy, she mentors ...

Alexis Herman, a trailblazing figure in American politics and the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Thursday at 76. Her death prompted an outpouring of tributes ...

“There are plenty of candidates, including Chicago-born and first African-American Prince of The Church: Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory.” This story originally appeared in the Washington Informer.

Good strides for Team Ghana in their first-ever CAF African Schools Football Championship appearance.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A historic promotion at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the first African-American Chief Deputy in the department’s 180-year history. Anthony ...

Black Churches Back Embattled Smithsonian African American History Museum After Trump's Order As he does one day each month, the Rev. Robert Turner hit the road from his home in Baltimore last ...

Now, Cook has made history again, as the first ever All-American gymnast at Wilberforce. “One of my favorite highlights was making it to nationals and becoming the first team All-American ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nurse-turned-viral-comic Nurse Blake on Tuesday announced a new North American tour that will see him hit 68 cities across North America this fall. Dubbed But Did You Die?, the tour ...

Any male Roman Catholic, who has been baptised, is technically eligible to be elected as pope. However, every pope since 1378 has been selected from the College of Cardinals. Theoretically, Dolan is ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in over a millennium and build on Francis's legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed ... He reaffirmed the all-male, celibate priesthood and upheld the church’s opposition to abortion ...

Since Dolan is a cardinal — and only cardinals have been chosen to be pontiff since 1378 — there is always the possibility that he could become the first American ... Pope’s Men: The Inside ...