The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955 is now set to be preserved and rebuilt as a “sacred” site dedicated to honoring the 14-year-old’s life and the tragedy that reshaped the civil rights movement. On Nov. 24 — the day after the birthday of Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother — […]
16 WAPT weekend reporter Dorothea Celeste Wilson, reportedly passed away from a heart attack on Aug. 26.
STI and HIV rates are on the rise in states like Georgia, Alaska, Mississippi, and North Carolina, according to a new study.
Meet Capt. Zeita Merchant, She Will Be The 1st Black Woman In US Coast Guard To Rank As Rear Admiral
The U.S. Coast Guard will have its first Black woman to rank as rear admiral in its 233-year history.
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil and voter rights activist, underwent an unwanted hysterectomy by a white doctor, barring her from having children.
Magnolia's Mother's Trust in Jackson, Mississippi, is the first of its kind in the country to provide guaranteed income to residents in its community.
Black boys are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white male peers.
Police withheld her son's whereabouts for months.
Imagine keeping your son shielded from the streets of Chicago... only for this to happen. This is truly a parent's worst nightmare. 😥🙏🏿🤙🏾🖤💛
This was not the outcome Tamia's family was hoping for. #PrayersUp
Family members are emotionally grieving Anderson's death and the impending motherhood she never experienced.
A Mississippi woman was taken into custody shortly after she allegedly murdered her husband on Facebook Live.