His name is Thomas Mundy Peterson and he was born exactly two hundred years ago on Oct. 6, 1824. Many scholarly researchers, including William Carrol McGinnis (author of “Thomas Peterson: The First ...

York Fest kicks off Friday Oct. 17 for a nine-day celebration honoring Portland’s first Black ancestor. The festival is a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A local Hoosier has made history as the first African-American man to lead the Public Relations Society of America Hoosier Chapter. Indy native LaMar Holliday’s leadership comes ...

Sadie Roberts-Johnson was found dead in the trunk of her car on Friday. A Louisiana man has been arrested in the murder of a beloved 75-year-old community activist whose body was discovered ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- The period was the 17th Century - 21 years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to North America. The celebration of Pinkster began in 1640. "When Dutch went to church to ...

I’m no fan of performative identity politics, and I think racial preferences are long past their expiration date. Yet I don’t think the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani did anything ...

At 36, American veteran Markeiz Ryan was struggling with depression when a friend invited him to visit Hanoi, a trip that ...

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Cassell Kuoh, a miner, was by all accounts was a Liberian success story. Cassell Kuoh, is now living in a U.S. federal prison, after pleading guilty to fraud charges and opening up to authorities ...

Once writing for singers like Jason Aldean and Lee Brice, Thomas Rhett decided to take the stage himself. And throughout the following years, he charted 20 No. 1 hits that included “Remember You Young ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) - Outrage is growing Monday over a report that a man took out 100 books from Beachwood Public Library only to burn them. The books were reportedly on Jewish history, African ...