The Owensboro branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), in collaboration with the Owensboro NAACP and the H. L. Neblett Center, invites the community to a special event ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

Wong is a history buff and tour guide. She takes people through Milwaukee's oldest cemetery, highlighting influential African Americans who were laid to rest there. "I have a keen interest in Black ...

The existing PUD District 3 crosses Highway 395 and excludes a portion of historic East Pasco, the lawsuit said. It excludes ...

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Call me naive, but I’ve never quite gotten why some politicians want to limit voters’ ability to cast their ballots. Sure, I know that plenty of people like to flip the classic ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center is a tax-exempt, charitable organization incorporated in 1971 under Section 501 (c) (3) of ...

From Hattiesburg to Jackson and beyond, experience monumental Civil Rights sites along the Mississippi Freedom Trail!

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a fierce advocate for racial and gender equality. Born into slavery, she became a leading voice against lynching and fought for women’s suffrage, even marching in the 1913 ...

Woodrow Wilson became the first African American to serve in the Nevada Legislature. He went through a lot to get there.

Henry Marsh's funeral at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Henrico County was an occasion for warm memories and -- on the first ...