With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

The Sacramento Fire Department responded to a fire at a two-story boarded-up apartment in south Sacramento on Friday.

To commemorate Black History Month, Frederick News-Post staff photojournalist Katina Zentz talked to four women of the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society’s “Living Treasures” to ...

On Sunday at Skyline High School, students will perform speeches, poetry, monologues, and scenes in the tradition of Martin ...

As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s bold quest to fight for peace across the nation and for all people to be treated equally led to the Civil Rights Movement. Although his acts of selflessness cemented his name ...

We are in the grip of deepening darkness, wandering in a wilderness without a moral compass. There is need for places where ...

Shirley Franklin is a tough critic. Especially of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That is why I approached her with caution last week after a lecture and book signing by the esteemed scholar David ...

The life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a tapestry of courage, hope and enlightenment. His ongoing goal was to help other people. Dr. King was and still is the signature voice of the Civil Rights ...

The history of Black people in Alabama is long, but for decades the teaching of that history was distorted and far from ...

Look past the Spanish Castillo fort and ornate Moorish buildings to discover the rich Black history of St. Augustine, Florida ...