The YWCA's Knoxville group organizes the event each year as a way to bring people together to honor diversity and work toward ...

New Orleans neighbors express concern over dogs running at students at bus stop on General Meyer One woman said her ...

The organizations and museums celebrating MLK Day through concerts, exhibits, and volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia.

∎ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration: Come hear the words of civil rights icon Ruby Bridges at the Spartanburg ...

MIAMI — Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m ...

Gilkes, professor emeritus at Colby College, will be giving a lecture, “African American Women and Social Change: Stages of Liberation” at 3 p.m., Feb.

The African American Museum has drawn celebrities from Kyrie Irving to Mick Jagger and shaped how the city understands itself ...

Considered the first published Black poet, Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) learned to read and write from the Wheatleys, a prominent family in Boston who purchased her as a slave when she was a ...

The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of David Hunter II as its new Executive Director, effective January 6, 2025. David’s leadership marks an exciting ...

I had the pleasure of seeing Giovanni during a lecture series at North Carolina State University while attending St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh. Professor Diane Cherry asked a classmate and I if ...