In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts, took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

A dozen writers from The Kansas City Star and The Philadelphia Inquirer go head-to-head in a Super Bowl showdown of words and ...

The president of Harvard made an unjust decision in 1890, against his own directives, that silently smoothed the path for multitudes of much worse injustices to come – injustices that tore through the ...

“Today, we celebrate Dr. King for standing up for ... rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” had “defaulted” on that promise to its Black citizens. “We have also come ...

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order establishing a new Justice Department task force to "end the war on ...

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

You’d think he’d feel funny standing there on the dais in the rotunda ... already somehow a quarter spent—looked stricken, and sometimes seemed, at least to my eyes, to be choking back ...

But so did the parents of that 14-year-old King kid from the District’s Liberty Baptist Church ... in bright lights. There, standing ramrod straight with his black homburg over his heart ...

Rev. Francis James Davidson, a Baptist preacher and journalist who was born into slavery in Alexandria, Louisiana, unabashedly wrote what he perceived to be the gospel truth.

We’re about to embark on a mouthwatering journey through one of Delaware’s most beloved culinary institutions. The Charcoal ...

Jiffy Burger isn’t just a restaurant; it’s a time machine disguised as a diner. Nestled in the heart of Manchester, Tennessee ...