Harriet Tubman debit card criticized as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘disrespectful’ online
OneUnited Bank's release of its new Harriet Tubman debit card was met with heavy criticism online.
Black History Month: Explore monuments, cultural sites honoring black Americans across US
Here's a list of historical sites, cultural centers and monuments honoring black Americans and moments in black history.
Beloved ‘Mayor of Acres Homes’, Ruby Mosley remembered for endless service to her community
This black history month we are honored to highlight Houston’s own Ruby Mosley, the woman affectionately known as "The Mayor of Acres Homes" as loved ones remember her legacy.
What's the plan to take down systemic racism?
Actor Joaquin Phoenix calls out the film industry's systemic racism at the British Academy Film Awards. He calls on the people who benefit from racism to dismantle the system of racism that persists in Hollywood.
8 everyday items that you probably didn’t know were invented by black people
From traffic lights to caller ID, here’s a few inventions created by African Americans that make life easier.
Movie features race by super powers to put first black person into space
Filmmaker Laurens Grant sits down with Isiah to speak about her movie that tells the story of mid-20th century super powers working to put the first human of African descent into space.
Black History Month Heroes: Retired Astronaut Dr. Robert Satcher
Isiah sits down with Dr. Robert Satcher, a retired NASA astronaut and one of only 14 black Americans to visit space. He's also an orthopedic surgeon who graduated from Harvard Medical School and he also graduated from MIT with a degree in chemical engineering.
Historic African-American cemetery seeks volunteers for Black History month clean-up initiative
For Black History month, a non-profit is seeking volunteers to help with a weekly clean-up initiative at Historic Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, the resting place of many of the city’s African-American leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Black History Month: The little-known backstory
The backstory of how Black History Month became an annual celebration in the United States is often overlooked.
Google showcases African American achievements with ‘most searched’ for Black History Month
Google celebrated the achievements of black Americans with a commercial and website highlighting who and what was "the most searched."
Before Andrew Yang, MLK was the champion of universal basic income
Martin Luther King Jr. championed the idea of a universal basic income for all American adults more than 50 years ago as part of his Poor People's Campaign, but he was assassinated before he could carry the initiative to fruition.
New carrier to be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, first black recipient of Navy Cross
A new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor Monday.
Group fighting to preserve cemetery started as burial ground for slaves
The Pleasant Green/Culbertson Cemetery is in east Harris County in the area of Oates Road and Wallisville Road and one group is fighting for the cemetery to be preserved. A Houston family says they own the land where a number of their relatives are buried.
First African-American person to attend all-white medical school in the South dies in Houston
Dr. Edith Irby Jones' family told FOX 26 her love for medicine stemmed from losing her 12-year-old sister at the age of eight to typhoid fever and suffering from rheumatic fever herself as a child. She graduated from Knoxville College, and in 1948, she became the first black person to be accepted into UAMS.
