A $13 million video arcade is what the U.S. Army hopes will become a model for recruitment in urban areas, where the armed services typically have a hard time attracting recruits.
 

There is a six-way race for the RNC Chairman including former Ohio secretary of State Ken Blackwell and former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele.
 

Morris Brown, founded in 1881 by former slaves, narrowly escaped closing Friday.

It was a road some said could not be built. Most of the men ordered to make it happen were black soldiers sorted into Army units by the color of their skin.  The road had cost 1,133 American lives, a man a mile.
 

Debra Payne’s a dynamo, a definite Type A (make that Type A+). She’s exuberant, excited, intense, the proverbial bundle of energy. When she walks away, whirlwinds gust in her wake.
 

As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20.

Muskegon Museum of Art will offer several programs in January and February to coincide with its ongoing exhibition “The Spiritual Vision of Henry Ossawa Tanner” in the Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery.

An interesting perspective on the life of the controversial pioneer.

Tangernika Woods of Michigan gave birth to one of her twin boys in 2008 and the other in 2009.

Researchers open online database showing journeys of millions of slaves.

Gertrude Baines, a 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world’s oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.
 

Essence magazine will have a full-time White House reporter for the first time. Ebony magazine will add a White House reporter, either full-time or as needed.