At The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury, 80-year-old Francois Clemmons stands out in more ways than one.

Movements are not born fully formed – they begin when ordinary people decide to act ...

Attended Morehouse College, Atlanta; 1953 -- Married Coretta Scott; ...

Dee was my friend, a trusted confidant. She was the cofounder of the Caucus of African American Leaders, a former board member of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, a wife, mother, grandmother ...

In "August Wilson's American Century," biographer Laurence A. Glasco deeply explores how his hometown helped make August ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle ...

A resolution denouncing ICE’s killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis failed 6-1 at the Valparaiso City Council meeting ...

As an adolescent Richardson took visits to UC Santa Barbara for Black events and lectures and attended award ceremonies held ...

She authored a statewide housing bill in 1968 and, in 1970, drafted what is still known today as the Mae Street Kidd Act, ...

In honor of Black History Month, we highlight a few important Black leaders who’ve made incredible impact in the fight ...

Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Even if you’re just a casual jazz fan, you probably recognize “Take the A Train,” Duke Ellington’s swinging theme song. Or ...