The city of Atlanta will officially honor its former Mayor Shirley Franklin with a street and park renamed after the esteemed ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring contributions of African Americans, ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

Historically Black communities like Altadena, Allensworth, and Compton are experiencing significant growth and development despite challenges such as the lack of racial covenants and the presence of ...

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...

Members and supporters gathered at the White Tower Restaurant at Blackpool Pleasure Beach to mark the anniversary, with ...

High tension after the election in the district of Gmünd: two SPÖ mayors' chairs could turn into a skidding chair. However, if the local parties play along, the motto could be: "The kingmaker ...

Adair, who came to the event with his grandson, said challenges such as lack of affordable housing, poverty and food insecurity were critical to overcome for Black and other communities of color.

And that’s a good thing. This goes back to the first Black mayor in the history of Chicago, Mayor Harold Washington, who understood that assignment then, and we certainly understand our ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told NPR's A Martínez ... It's a city that was established by a Black Haitian immigrant, as well as a Pottawattamie woman. And it's a city that has been built ...

LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) – Lebanon City Mayor Sherry Capello launched her re-election campaign on Tuesday. Capello, a Republican, is currently in her fourth term as Lebanon’s mayor having been ...