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

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

This commentary by Dr. Willie J. Greer Kimmons is the first of a two-part series on prominent Black men and women. This week ...

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

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.” ...

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

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 ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

In honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing information about the lives of some of the African-American people and groups who have made an impact in American history. Fannie Lou Hamer was born ...