Black Lives Matter, Color of Change and several other social change organizations are collaborating on National Mama's Bail Out Day to free more than 30 women who are jailed for low-level offenses and can't pay bail.
African-American students at Harvard University will hold their own graduation ceremony called Black Commencement 2017 on May 23.
Transgender woman Brenda Bostick, 59, was fatally struck with a blunt object and suffered severe head trauma before she was found on a street in New York City on April 25.
Fired Texas cop Roy Oliver --- who fatally shot 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs last weekend --- turned himself into police Friday after an arrest warrant for murder was issued against him.
Angella Reid --- the first woman and second African American to hold the position as Chief Usher for The White House --- has been dismissed from her job.
Edward Crawford --- the protester who became a hero in Ferguson, Missouri after being captured in a popular photograph throwing a tear gas canister fired by police after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown --- was found dead late Thursday.
George Mason University researchers found that Fairfax County, Virginia is more likely to hire White teachers than equally qualified Black educators.
Texas police have charged James Scott Lee, 32, with a hate crime Wednesday for the attempted stabbing of an African-American male who he referred to by using a hateful racial slur.
The GOP healthcare bill --- which President Donald Trump supports and is a replacement for The Affordable Care Act --- that passed in the House of Representatives Thursday may stop Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood.
An Ohio judge is considering whether to release Ohio teen Bresha Meadows, 15, who was accused of killing her allegedly abusive father.
GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare.
Mattel created a Barbie doll for gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, 21, ahead of the Olympics in Rio last year.