Jackie Gleason reportedly told his wife that President Richard Nixon arranged for him to view preserved extraterrestrial bodies at a...
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. endured racial isolation at West Point before becoming a pioneering military aviator, commander of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first Black general...
The Tuskegee Airmen were far more than the legendary Red Tail fighter pilots. Thousands of pilots, mechanics, instructors and support personnel challenged segregation while helping fight...
Metro’s World Cup service carried 212,865 passenger trips across eight matches. Its after-action report points to strong demand while identifying bus lanes, shuttle frequency, parking prices,...
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. rose from the ranks of the Buffalo Soldiers to become the first Black general in U.S. military history. His remarkable career spanned...
John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed slavery would not end through speeches and political compromise alone. Unlike many other white abolitionists of his time,...
The phrase “There’s only one race: human” is simple, hopeful and deeply appealing. It reminds us that beneath differences in skin color, ancestry, nationality and culture,...
Two Black Pioneers Who Helped Change Heart Surgery. Decades apart, Daniel Hale Williams and Vivien Thomas challenged the limits of medicine and helped pave the way...
Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles grew from a Harlem-inspired restaurant into a symbol of Black Los Angeles. Fifty years later, lawsuits, bankruptcy, closures and questions about its...
What are those orange balls on some power lines?
