The Negro Motorist Green Book was a publication released in 1936 that served as a guide for African-American travelers.

DTE Energy plans to have service restored today to all 50,000 customers left in the dark Tuesday.

He had "GET MONEY" shaved into the hair on one side of his head. He also had "GET" tattooed on his right hand and "MONEY" on his left.

Alice Dunbar Nelson was a teacher and writer from New Orleans, praised for her activism and poetry.

King is newly-engaged to one of the jurors who awarded him a $3.8 million settlement 16 years ago.

Thomas Jefferson's clothes and linens didn't get pressed on their own, and the meals for his lavish parties didn't cook themselves.

At 104 years old, Emilio Navarro is the oldest living former member of Negro League Baseball.

The Jamaican sprinter says he'll attempt to play professional soccer once he brings his track and field career to an end.

The U.N. children's agency says it is shifting to a strategy of getting critical health care services to the poorest of the poor.

Black employees maintained that their white counterparts were favored over them for pay and promotion.

Abby Fisher is the author of the first published African-American cookbook and the first cookbook published by a former slave.

Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan.

A new treatment for Type 2 diabetes has shown exceptional promise for helping African-Americans treat and manage the illness.