Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three decades after his death, the “father of Afrobeat” Fela Kuti has made history by becoming the first African to get a Lifetime ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This Black History Month, WREG honors a woman who didn’t just wear the badge; she changed what leadership looks like. After nearly 40 years with the Memphis Police Department, ...

Photos: Ceremony honoring the first African residents of New Paltz, at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, N.Y., on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran speaks at a ceremony ...

For all the historical significance of the election Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe as International Olympic Committee president Thursday, making the Olympic swimming champion the first woman and first ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A historic New Orleans church founded by the first African American congregation ever incorporated in Louisiana is facing city liens and thousands of dollars in fines as church ...