In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...

I knew the name would be a great hook to help people to reimagine food."-Pinky. Coleman was the first Black woman to fly ... nine months before Rosa Parks' more famous protest.

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online for all of us to see and understand.

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first ...

(Pensive music, birds chirping) - My dad told me, had he stayed in Mississippi ... and they hung Black men, Black boys. And the people were basically like slaves. It was as if they were owned ...

Regardless of where they crossed, on April 6, 1832, Black Hawk and the British Band of approximately 1,000 people, including women and children, crossed the Mississippi River. They proceeded to ...

Discover the hidden gems of Illinois, including its diverse landmarks and rich history. Explore the Land of Lincoln.

It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many people have ... to know that Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, came out of COFO, filed a lawsuit that ultimately led to ...

So yes, it’s worth the trip. It’s worth driving across the state for. Heck, it’s worth planning a whole vacation around.