Plus, a group of people are fighting back against racial profiling.
President Barack Obama’s historic run as the commander-in-chief didn’t officially begin until his election in November 2008, but his journey began months earlier. Ten years ago, Obama won the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, the first Black person to win such a bid from a major U.S. political party. Obama, then a junior senator from […]
The last time I spoke with former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was in 2010, following his 99-day jail sentence for perjury and several years before he was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for crimes that included racketeering and mail fraud. “I understand what my position as mayor meant to our community, and I […]
Congratulations to Prime Minister Mia Mottley!
ATLANTA (AP) — She’s a Yale-educated attorney and a romance novelist who served a decade in the Georgia Legislature. Now Stacey Abrams has gained a shot at becoming the first black woman elected governor in U.S. history. You did it.#TeamAbrams just won our primary election, and this victory belongs to you.https://t.co/0FZeKR2Ea8 #GAGov #gapol pic.twitter.com/NbHvXwWAhk […]
The 27-year-old is breaking down barriers.
“If I were going to do it, I would do it because I would think I would have concluded that I could maybe unify the country, because it’s bigger than any one person.” – Eric Holder Eric Holder may run for president in 2020. Holder, the nation’s first African-American U.S. Attorney General, recently admitted that […]
While J.O. Patterson Jr. is technically the first Black mayor of Memphis, this after serving in an interim role, Willie Herenton was the first Black mayor to be elected. Today is Herenton’s birthday and he has announced another run for the mayoral seat earlier this month. Willie Wilbert Herenton was born on this day in […]
Former President Barack Obama would like to create “a million young Barack Obamas” to run the next stage in the “relay race that is human progress,” the Washington Examiner reported. Obama made the comment Sunday at a conference in Japan while discussing the Obama Foundation’s work to help young people around the world get connected […]
New Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ City Hall will soon be receiving a massive amount of job applications if she has her way.
Compton Mayor Aja Brown is dropping her bid for a congressional seat to start a family. Another candidate has dropped out of the race for the House seat in California’s 44th Congressional District. Mayor Brown shared some incredible news on Thursday, when she revealed that she and her husband are expecting their first child. Now […]
She was killed after a Black women's empowerment event.
