“Clara is tenacious,” says Belinda Dixon, a longtime friend and a 1994 Staten Island Woman of Achievement. “She’s not loud, ...
The conspiracies behind each assassination that continue to enthrall amateur sleuths - As the deadline for the release of the ...
As the Selma campaign gained traction, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists across the nation took notice. For context, in 1963 they succeeded in Birmingham, in part, because they had ...
Trying to figure out what to watch is a feat in itself these days, thanks to the myriad of streaming platforms that exist and ...
Twana Howard-Davisson, daughter of the pioneering Immokalee couple Huey and Dorcas Howard, holds the Howard Way sign with her ...
I am,” Toni Morrison replied. Now, at the outset of 1986, the novelist was about to debut her first full-length play. This ...
Troy native Rev. John Reynolds will lead the 60th anniversary of the SCOPE Project.  SCOPE (Summer Community Organization for ...
It felt like church, because it was. The celebration of life for fallen Hinds County Deputy Martin Shields, Jr. brought ...
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 First St. N.E. in Mason City, will hold its annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month on Sunday, Feb. 16. The event ...
In his brief and tumultuous life, Malcolm X took on so many identities that it can be hard to know which version someone is ...
Women listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Vicki Crawford, Morehouse College ...
With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...