Lonnie Johnson was brought up in Mobile, Alabama in the 1960s, when Black children were not expected to go far. But such was ...

The last time Dunedin High School's boys basketball team won a district championship, the sitting U.S. president at the time ...

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection ...

From massive protests against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1960s to the fight against police brutality, African Americans have advocated for equality for decades. In the ...

The National Association of Black Journalists is gearing up to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025, marking five decades ...

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Two streets in French Camp have been named after notable local veterans: Richard A. Pittman Drive and Tino Adame Road are near the new VA clinic.

The order also aims to declassify the remaining federal records related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen ... A year after ...

379570 24: Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office as President ... (Original Caption) 4/3/1968-Memphis, TN: One of the last pictures to be taken of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- speaking ...

Lyndon B. Johnson deploys Army after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination In response to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, riots and unrest in ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 select ...