A student of Shreveport’s Providence Academy became one of the first African Americans to serve as a clerk in the Railway ...

The W.H. Dorsey painting is one more piece of evidence that there was a thriving Black community in antebellum Philadelphia ...

Even before 1960, when seventeen countries in Africa gained independence in a single year, American diplomats had identified ...

The group went to the departmental archives in Périgueux, where they found only one record which contained Yvette’s surname — ...

The mayor of Edmond signed a document on Tuesday approving the amendment of discriminatory language from existing historical ...

Today’s push for school vouchers highlights America’s long and sometimes forgotten history of resisting integration in the classroom.

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees and Levin began seeking nationwide support for their work. People from ...

Two Florence families were honored Monday by Florence City Council, which voted to rename parks in honor of their relatives.

More than 3 million people in the U.S. are estimated to be living with glaucoma. By 2030, that number is expected to increase ...

Mentor, mother, activist, advocate, sister, survivor, researcher and Fred Hutch friend, Bridgette Hempstead died last month ...

As white Americans moved further westward into the Nebraska territory after the Civil War, they kept fashioning a new ...

One of the biggest challenges facing sub-Saharan African nations is how to help farmers withstand climate and economic headwinds and produce food for a growing population. Critics say most U.S. aid ...