By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Milorad Dodik, the separatist president of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska, has threatened ...

WECT is proudly celebrating Black History Month as we showcase the people, places and events that shape the history of southeastern North Carolina. The first African American to win the Wimbledon ...

Before Althea Gibson could play -- much less win -- major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation.

Later in 1998, the Althea Gibson Foundation was created to help young people in urban areas develop their tennis and golf skills. Gibson died in 2003.