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.

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

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.

The memo rescinding the initiative cited Trump's Jan. 20 executive order titled "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI ...

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

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

Wood will be a part of the university’s Black History Month Fireside Conversation being held at 7 p.m. Monday in the Lee Hall Auditorium.