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

A well-known Texas politician was stabbed and her husband murdered at their home early Monday — with their grandson charged ...

Though their accolades are certainly still due, Black women have long played a vital role in shaping the political landscape ...

Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, who served as the first Black mayor of Lewisville, Texas, from 1993 to 2000, was ...

Record numbers of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native women are serving in state legislatures this year, but remain ...

Texas politician Bobbie Mitchell, who served as Lewisville’s first Black mayor, was stabbed by her grandson Mitchell ...

Barnett is in the middle of her second term on the school board. She became the board’s president three years after starting her first term in 2019. She’s also the first Black woman to be promoted to ...