The official ribbon cutting to open the Black Achiever Historical Museum. From left, Senator Timothy Kennedy, Mayor Byron Brown, Herb Bellamy Jr., Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, Pastor Arthur H. Boyd ...

An online campaign asked those attending the Academy Awards to wear a black ribbon in memory of Jones, and that she be added to the memorial list. Now, you might think, ...

A group of U.S. senators wants to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Black serviceman who took part in the D-Day landings in France during World War II.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 23: (L-R) Jeff Friday, Nicole Friday, and Jamie Foxx attend the American Black Film Festival Honors Awards Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February ...

Following outrage over the mostly white list of Oscar nominees, black people find themselves wrestling with a question posed by James Baldwin in his 1963 book “The Fire Next Time”: “Do I ...

Heroic Black and Native American military veterans of U.S. campaigns as far back as World War II may see their combat valor awards upgraded to the Medal of Honor in the coming years.

Biden Awards Medal of Honor to Black Vietnam Veteran Col. Paris Davis’s nomination in 1965, for saving three teammates while injured in battle, hit a wall. It was revived in recent years.

President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. Paris Davis for his heroism during the Vietnam War, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Washington.