In celebration of Black History Month, ABC13 is sharing the story of a man widely accepted as Houston's first Black lawyer. His home, built in Freedmen's Town in 1907, still stands. The J. Vance Lewis ...

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During Black History Month, News4JAX is celebrating local African American trailblazers who paved the way in politics and ...

Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life illustrate determination and the transforming power of education in the Black History month series.

In honor of Black History Month, ABC13 is highlighting one of the founding fathers of the environmental justice movement, who ...

Maplewood, a suburb of St. Paul, became an enclave for Black families despite decades of racist real estate practices in Minnesota.

The Trump administration is rolling back a division in the EPA that was designed to help address pollution in Black and ...

We've learned that Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, was sent to prison after sexually assaulting multiple young Houston-area ...

Former Houston Mayor Turner cited studies by the city’s health department indicating that children and adults in the Fifth ...

"Students started coming over and climbing on the roof," one church member said. "They shut off the electricity in the ...

Yet while white people felt welcomed, many Black residents said their civil rights were violated. In 1971, after a trial, U.S ...

There are thousands of Black-owned businesses in Houston and its surrounding areas. Many, such as Frenchy’s Chicken, Lucille's in the Museum District or Midtown’s Breakfast Klub, are historic or ...