Black History
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Wilson Jerman, 91, Longtime White House Employee, Dies of Coronavirus
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, a former White House employee who served under 11 presidents, has died from complications of the coronavirus.…
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Suffragist Mary Church Terrell: ‘I Am African American’
When there's any mention of the pivotal role Black women played in the suffrage movement, Mary Church Terrell is often…
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Black Women Helped Spearhead Major Suffrage Parades in 1914
In pre-pandemic times — the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 — African American women were as determined as anyone else…
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Remarkable Story of Final Transatlantic Slave Survivor Reveals She Died in 1940
At 2 years old, Matilda McCrear was kidnapped in 1860 by slave traders in West Africa. Along with her parents…
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Jackie Robinson Day – The Celebration Goes On, Albeit Virtually
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event that occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball, commemorating and honoring…
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Remembering Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Icon and Black Women’s Suffrage Champion
In October 2005, Rosa Parks died of natural causes, and the world mourned a civil rights icon. Yet most Americans…
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Baltimore Honors Neighbors Instrumental in Women’s Suffrage Movement
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to bring the world to its collective knees, AARP has helped to inject some…
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Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 98
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a witty preacher who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and…
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Bipartisan Resolution Introduced for Mary McLeod Bethune Statue in Statuary Hall
In a bipartisan effort, U.S. Reps. Val Demings (D-Fla.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) have introduced a resolution authorizing a welcome…
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