Robert Smalls (1839–1915) met Hannah Jones at age 16. The two soon married, moved in an apartment in Charleston, S.C., and worked at a nearby hotel....
An eerie message from Martin Luther King Jr. from 56 years ago today on October 27, 1964, has been found. The message sounds remarkably relevant to...
Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (1874–1924) was born on Davis Bend, a Mississippi plantation was owned by Joseph Davis. Isaiah’s father, Benjamin Montgomery, managed the Davis plantation until...
A Brooklyn native and the oldest of four daughters, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm graduated from Brooklyn Girls’ High (1942), Brooklyn College (1946), and Columbia University...
H.R. 5309 also known as the CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) Act passed in the United States House of Representatives. The...
The East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors is searching for a new name for the Park District’s 2,540 acre Concord Hills Regional Park that...
As the 2020 renewal of the 1963 March on Washington was taking place in the nation’s capital it was also observed in many communities around the...