"Cowboy" tells the story of the legendary Black lawman Bass Reeves, and the experiences of other African Americans after slavery. 

Suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir is accused of murdering at least 22 elderly women between 2016 and 2018. Now, those left behind are working to make sure more protection can be provided for one of the fastest-growing demographics in America. 

Gustavo "Gus" Garcia was a trailblazing attorney — but a decade after arguing the landmark case Hernandez v. Texas before the Supreme Court in 1954, the 48-year-old was dead.

The Stonewall Inn Riots in 1969 helped birth the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

Audre Lorde dedicated her writing and life to social justice causes, including the rights of the LGBTQ movement.

Juneteenth commemorates the very first day in which all Black Americans in formerly Confederate territories knew that they were free people.

Bayard Rustin was openly gay when he organized the march in Washington, D.C. during which Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

This year marks the 86 anniversary of the conviction of Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Eunice Hunton Carter is the Black woman who found a way to take him down. 

More than 110 years ago, Alice Stebbins Wells, a married mother of three, became the first woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department 

John Baptiste Jourdain once dominated newspaper headlines, but his legacy has been forgotten. His family wants the world to know his story