Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

On Monday, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to rename Central Avenue, where Atlanta City Hall sits, and Westside ...

Yet, a bare 5-4 majority adopted a resolution at the Jan. 21 City Council meeting seeking “legislative legal counsel.” Behind ...

The final person to speak was Jedidiah Brown, who launched into an intense rant against Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of Dolton ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

We kick off our Black History Month series by highlighting and honoring Alice Scott, the first woman and African American to hold the office of mayor in the City of Canton.

Mayor Brandon Johnson held a first of its kind "Lakeside Chat" Tuesday evening, a public but personal conversation about the ...

As the investigation into the Jan. 29 air disaster in Washington, D.C., was still getting underway, President Donald Trump didn’t bother to wait for actual evidence to figure out what ...

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez was told to leave a committee meeting during a debate over a controversial pro-Gaza puppet display at ...

Josh Kraft, a political newcomer who is running as a Democrat, said his top priority was addressing the city’s housing crisis ...

While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till ...