Outer Banks Voice  Mardis Gras with Ruby Bridges—which takes place from 6:00-9:30 p.m. at Seven Sounds Brewing Company in Downtown Elizabeth City—is a one-night-only benefit ...

New Orleans will honor Dorothy Prevost, the last living parent of one of the four girls who desegregated the city's public ...

Dorothy Prevost, the woman known as the "Civil Rights Matriarch of New Orleans" and the mother of one of the young girls who ...

Beverly artist Dorothy Straughter’s quilts evoke painful and often ignored historical realities related to slavery, the ...

Cheryl Landrieu has been an attorney, the clerk of court for the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, a mother of five ...

Harold A. Franklin, Auburn University's first African American student, walked onto campus and registered for classes. However, Franklin's first visit wasn’t just meeting with an advisor or scheduling ...

Black History Month provides the opportunity to reflect on the countless positive contributions Black Americans have made to the world. Below Black voices from the south suburbs share their thoughts ...

A federally appointed committee is pushing back on plans to mint gold currency depicting President Trump.

CHEBOYGAN — The Cheboygan County Road Commission announced it has been awarded nearly $7 million in state funding for the ...

OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center's comprehensive look at Black history in the multi-faceted production “Our Story” wa staged ...

I wanted my children to understand that Black history is not just something that exists in books, or that involves only the major figures they learn about in school: Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick ...

Dorothy Prevost and three other mothers sent their six-year-old daughters to previously all-white public schools under federal protection, enforcing constitutional rights at their own personal risk.