A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by the Smithsonian Institution that items he loaned to the National Museum of African American ...

He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to ...

This week, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity, Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the 6888th Central Postal ...

"Free for All: The Public Library," a new documentary airing on PBS' "Independent Lens" April 29, charts the path of the ...

I am ready to meet my maker. Whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” — Winston ...

Morning, y’all! I try to maintain a journaling practice, but it can be difficult to decide what to say, in the same way someone asking, “What do you want to eat?” makes you immediately forget what ...

A civic group who has been cleaning up the historic Second Baptist Church cemetery in Hernando has identified more than 300 ...

A new poll shows Americans are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power, rather than the courts ...

Owners of historical objects loaned to the NMAAHC, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, said their items are being ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on Friday. As a Mobile native, family and friends in the ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, a trailblazer for African American women in public service, has died at 77. She was a pioneer in the civil service.