Ms. Black is a Brooksville native and 1981 Hernando High School graduate. She happened to have also received the first Dr.

Why does Black History Month matter? This question does not imply that white history does not matter. It simply recognizes ...

Frederick Douglass was an Eastern Shore native, abolitionist leader, social reformer, and one of the most important leaders of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century.

The following was written for What’s Up Newp by Keith Stokes, Vice President of the 1696 Heritage Group. This story was ...

During Black History Month, Pennsylvania’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Leon Smith reflects on his impact and what this recognition means.

DeSoto Mayor Rachel Proctor will go down in the predominantly-African American city’s history as the second woman – and just ...

Dakar Harrigan and Marquis Brooks are breaking barriers in a community where there aren't many barbers who look like them.

Beattie-style bigotry, which has always found a home in the Trump movement, is too raunchy, backward, and self-defeating to ...

The sales arm of American public broadcaster PBS will present a first look at the series at its screening on Wednesday, ...

The relationships between Indigenous tribes and formerly enslaved Black people in the U.S. were complex, shaped by historical ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...