Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

Black women have long been at the forefront of history, breaking barriers, pioneering movements and shaping the world.

Imagine a movie theater that features small films produced by independent filmmakers as well as big Hollywood motion pictures ...

Shirley Chisholm became the first woman – and the first Black candidate – to seek a major party’s nomination for the ...

While Harvard holds strong, Columbia has buckled. The esteemed alma mater of Alexander Hamilton, Shirley Chisholm, and Barack Obama agreed in an effort to preserve its federal funding to overhaul ...

Ebony Chisholm is Cumberland County’s 2025 Teacher Assistant of the Year, the school district announced. In her 11th year in education, Chisholm is a teacher assistant and bus driver at Lucile ...

Jazz Chisholm Jr. knew he had to do something. The New York Yankees' second baseman saw closer Devin Williams’ outing spiraling out of control again. He couldn’t just stand there and watch it ...

Shirley J. Robbins, 87, formerly of Creek Road, Busti, died Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Kinzua Healthcare after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born March 14, 1938, in ...

Postcards from the Edge star Shirley MacLaine has always lived by her own rules, and even though the 91-year-old's doctors warned her to stop drinking a while ago, she still boozes it up whenever ...

Devin Williams of the Yankees is struggling. Really badly. Williams’ most recent outing was bad enough that Yankees star Jazz Chisholm took matters into his own hands, taking time to talk to ...