This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

Today Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, share details of their sixth studio album, Better Dreaming, out 16 May on standard vinyl, limited edition vinyl and CD. The album ...

A former federal prison inmate is now in Oklahoma custody as the state seeks to execute him for a 1999 killing in Tulsa. Federal officials transferred 60-year-old George John Hanson ...

Here are 11 knockout artists at the 2025 edition of New York's Outsider Art Fair, now on view at the Metropolitan Pavilion.

This hour, a panel discusses the significance of Black History Month in the context of President Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Let’s take a humorous stroll down memory lane and cringe at some of the absolute worst fashion trends throughout history.

Seeing how hard she worked. "When you invest in a woman, you're investing in her children, probably her parents," Almodovar tells USA TODAY from the Fannie Mae office in Washington, D.C., sunny ...

Leeds saw a £13million bid for Gustavo Hamer rejected by Sheffield United in August, who subsequently played in his side’s 2-0 defeat at Elland Road in October. Monday provides the chance for the ...

As Samuel L. Jackson’s voice echoed around the Caesars Superdome ... Black people and the genocide of Native communities. As civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer once said, “The flag is drenched ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production ...

SHE PAVED THE WAY NOT ONLY FOR ME. SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR A L Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Ruleville, Mississippi, has been posthumously honored for her significant contributions to ...

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