The first wave of winners at the 57th NAACP Image Awards are here. The three-night virtual ceremony kicked off Monday evening, recognizing the first group of awardees demonstrating Black excellence ...

The Congressional Black Caucus documentary 'The Conscience of the Congress,' directed by David M. Massey, is now in production.

The 57th NAACP Image Awards week kicked off Monday with former first lady Michelle Obama and rapper Kendrick Lamar winning ...

The following list originally ran in June of 2020. We're re-posting it here to honor the passing of Jesse Jackson. The updated piece ...

One of the US’s most prominent civil rights leaders who was a protege of Martin Luther King and a presidential hopeful ...

Jesse Jackson, the Martin Luther King protégé whose two bids for the U.S. presidency highlighted a lifelong fight for social ...

Ten powerful films for Black History Month, that celebrate culture, resistance, music, and identity through unforgettable cinema experiences.

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on-air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. There was a time when ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday cut the ribbon on the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, a $141 million project more than a decade in the making. The roughly 74,000-square-foot ...

The Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center is Central Brooklyn’s first recreation facility of its kind, featuring a full gym, indoor swimming pool, dance studio, culinary kitchen, media lab and an indoor ...

The awards, spanning the literary, short-form and creator categories, were announced during a virtual show exclusively on ...