In 1925, a group of African American funeral directors convened to create a cemetery free of racial discrimination ...

James R. Rodgers Sr., who became the first African American airport executive director when appointed to the role in Little ...

While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), [Lucy Havens] had ...

What began seven years ago as a fun way to share the sights of Dallas with loved ones from out of town has grown into a ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

There historically have been tension between Black Americans and African immigrants. Can we put that to the side to stand ...

Voice assistants and speech recognition tools have struggled for years to understand the way many Black people naturally ...

John L. Colbert, served as Fayetteville Public Schools for almost fifty years, working in various education roles, until ...

IT’S AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE’VE TAKEN A LOOK AT DIFFERENT AMERICAN MUSIC GENRES ...

There are a number of musical acts and performances throughout the day, with headliners DJ Drama, DJ Kid Capri, Slick Rick, ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) confirmed this is the first human case of West Nile virus for this year’s mosquito ...

At the Austin African American Book Festival, tables are lined up with vendors and authors looking to sell their novels. With ...