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This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and ...
We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.
Living in the midst of the Trump presidency gives reason to think this is an unprecedented time in the U.S. but history says otherwise.
Dozens of people gathered June 14 in Tuscaloosa for a celebration of the Juneteenth holiday. A parade, organized by the ...
The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...
Nigerians' reaction to the latest killings in Benue amplified the growing angst of citizens who have become disillusioned ...
The more relevant, and worrying, parallel may be the period from 1957 to the end of 1968, when military forces actively ...
The first Black woman elected to the US Senate and former US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa has some stories to tell.
In 2021, then-president Joe Biden signed a bill that made Juneteenth an official federal holiday. This historic legislation ...
As a parent, I care deeply about what kind of world my kids will inherit — and who they’ll grow up to be in it. That’s why, ...
President Donald Trump’s order this month to activate troops in California was the first time a president has called upon the ...
North Omaha Sunday to go on a special tour centered around the Civil Rights Movement. "I'm really excited to go to Memphis, Atlanta and Tulsa because those are places of Martin Luther King. And ...