WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Carter G. Woodson Library was once the only public library open to African Americans in Pender ...

The Schomburg Center is celebrating its 100th anniversary while preserving more than 11 million items in the archive.

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan Airport.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo issued an official proclamation declaring February as 2025 Black ...

They performed the most arduous and dangerous work despite racism, lower pay than white workers, curtailed food rations, and threats of violence from white railroad bosses. But in the famous 1869 ...

Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

F or many Black Americans, closing the racial equity gap can feel like an insurmountable task. More than 83% say efforts ...

Officials from the NTSB and FAA are expected to speak to the bipartisan group as the effort to pull wreckage from the cold waters of the Potomac River continues less than five miles away.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

More than a week after the deadly collision of a passenger jet and a helicopter, crews forged ahead with salvage efforts in the Potomac River.