Community members gathered for a screening of “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” followed by a panel discussion as part of the MSU ...

When a major network invited me to discuss Black History Month through the lens of presidential politics, I declined. Not ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born Fannie Lou Townsend on Oct. 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi, the youngest of 20 children. Her parents were sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta area, and Hamer ...

Black History Month celebrates towering figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Rosa Parks— rightfully so, as ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

Shutterstock Walking the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Mississippi was one of the epicenters of the civil rights struggle in ...

Over the years, I’ve heard a number of accusations about myself, ranging from I am allegedly brainwashing North Korean ...

Voices from the Past” to feature historical reenactment COLUMBUS—The community is invited to the Columbus Library on Wednesday, February 19, for a living history performance, “Voices from the Past.” ...