In this composite image, Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump. | Source: Getty Images / Getty With votes still needing to be counted, political analysts said the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was too close to call. As…
Alabama House Shomari Figures speaks with reporters in Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, before being announced as the winner of Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler) Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in its congressional delegation for the first time in the state’s history. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shomari…
Rep. Colin Allred (D), who is running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R), waves to the crowd at a rally for Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, which included a guest appearance by Beyoncé, at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas on October 25, 2024. (Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post via Getty Images)…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty In a special video, Urban One founder Ms. Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Urban One, shared her thoughts on Howard University’s legacy by expressing gratitude for her time at “the Mecca” and recalling her start there in 1971. “I thank God that I was moved from Omaha, Nebraska, to the…
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Demoractic candidate for Maryland’s Senate seat, speaks during an interview in Gaithersburg, Md., Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr., File) Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican candidate Larry Hogan, who had been a popular governor. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday to become…
Angela Alsobrooks greets a woman as she arrives at The Grooming Lounge barbershop in Kettering, Maryland. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Angela Alsobrooks has made history by winning the Senate race to represent Maryland, becoming the state’s first Black woman to hold this position. The Associated Press projected Alsobrooks’ victory. Alsobrooks’ win is not only…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images) Willis, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Courtney Kramer, who had interned in the White House counsel’s…
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) In a landmark achievement, Lisa Blunt Rochester has been elected as Delaware’s first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. This…
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. Only three other Black women have served in the Senate, two of them elected and one who was appointed….
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein arrives at a post-debate campaign rally for U.S. President Joe Biden on June 28, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Last night President Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) Democrat…
