The group transcribed pamphlets, letters, books, ledgers and other materials held in the Library of Congress’ African American Perspectives in Print collection. “Thousands of pages of valuable ...

The documentary explores the life and achievements of the first African American woman to serve as a state senator in New ...

State Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis on Friday officially kicked off her campaign to run for the seat left vacant by Thompson’s death ...

Dr. Carla Hayden, the first Black Librarian of Congress, faces uncertainty in her reappointment next year due to political tensions and the Republican Senate.

Outside of the Iowa Capitol, the new African American Historical and Cultural Museum opened in Waterloo and federal workers ...

From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S ...

The legislation introduced Monday to the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental ... “Charles Blockson dedicated his life to collecting and preserving African-American history. He lives on through ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a contentious interview on 'The View' said Republicans are "controlled by a ...

The Waterloo Community School District withdrew from UNI's annual African American Read-In ... removed from library shelves in response to Senate File 496, which bans books with sex acts from ...

In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the ...

In June 1899 Beverly was hired as the district's first African-American teacher at Congress Elementary School. She left there in 1902 to get married and died at the age of 30 in 1904. The district ...