Rev. Vivian Baker Castain didn’t set out to make history. But when she became the first woman to serve as pastor in the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church — spanning ...

Billed as the largest girls’ basketball showcase in the world, the annual Run 4 Roses event last week in Louisville, Ky., featured more than 2,000 teams from several different countries – and ...

Rap diva Nicki Minaj took to social media Tuesday night to initiate a beef with Grammy-winning, STL born music star SZA. Minaj insulted SZA’s music and physical appearance in the thread of commentary ...

Lincoln University of Missouri has appointed Piyusha Singh, Ph.D., as interim provost, effective July 21, 2025. Singh holds a doctorate in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University ...

African American hairstyles are inventive, eclectic, stylish and ever-escalating. Likewise, Leslie and Valerie Hughes, founders of Frizzy by Nature, the nonprofit that hosts Frizz Fest, the annual ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is welcoming its newest Cougars during the 2025 Summer Success Program (SSP), which runs through August 8. “The five-week residential initiative is designed ...

The nation continues to deal with a shortage of nurses that began before the pandemic and still plagues the healthcare industry. The number of African American nurses has also continued to slide ...

As the National Urban League prepares for the July 14 opening of its annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio, NUL President Marc Morial calls the organization’s 2025 State of Black America report “a call ...

Eighty-six-year-old Rita Henderson can’t forget May 16, 2025, because that was the day a vicious tornado roared through the historic Ville neighborhood, leaving a trail of destruction in its ...

Mayor Cara Spencer said Wednesday she has not ruled out suing to stop implementation of the state-appointed Board of Police ...

William L. Clay Sr., a longtime advocate for civil rights and workers’ rights and Missouri’s first Black congressman, died Wednesday at his daughter’s home in Maryland. He was 94. The St ...