Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

We kick off our Black History Month series by highlighting and honoring Alice Scott, the first woman and African American to hold the office of mayor in the City of Canton.

As the investigation into the Jan. 29 air disaster in Washington, D.C., was still getting underway, President Donald Trump didn’t bother to wait for actual evidence to figure out what ...

Three of Charlotte’s four Black mayors met to discuss their experiences during the Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum, an event at ...

For a city in transition — evolving from the old days of backroom Machine politics and toward a more inclusive future — his ...

And there are countless other Black charlatans who are being unmasked: Al Sharpton (Granddaddy of Black charlatans), Stacey ...

The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out on top against a reality TV-bred GOP president ...

Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend’s service for the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled ...

Controversy over whether the Former Mayor of Taft, Lelia Foley Davis was in fact the first black female mayor in the United ...

Good afternoon, Chicago ✶ There’s no doubt that the 1,000-square-foot Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center is the center of attention in Preston Bradley Hall. In fact, ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is navigating year two of his term, and hasn’t figured out exactly how to be as effective as possible ...