Few public figures have grasped Brooks’ insight as deeply as the activist whose legacy Mark Whitaker chronicles in his luminous, nuanced “The Afterlife of Malcolm X.” In his telling, Malcolm not just ...

Beneath portraits of former President Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jessica Biggs, ...

President Donald Trump has issued a fresh executive order to “elevate the value and impact of our nation’s HBCUs as beacons ...

For those who are not familiar with or do not remember when George C. Wallace was the Governor of the State of Alabama, let ...

If you knew my wife Jamie -- the stunning, brilliant woman who just put on senior master sergeant (E-8) at 13 years, who was ...

Omaha is a diverse, ascendant city with big challenges but big opportunities. Understanding the city's history — both the ...

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Zora Neale Hurston's present popularity is remarkable because she was one of the most unappreciated types of Americans: a ...

Dyshiema R. Mims was arrested Wednesday and charged with kidnapping, burglary of a structure or conveyance while armed and criminal mischief.

Pfleger is a Chicago local household name and a South Side community staple, both as a spiritual leader and an activist.

When the Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over President Trump’s challenge to automatic birthright citizenship, justices appear likely to gloss over the immigration issue and focus on a more ...

Carla Hayden, who was fired as librarian of Congress on May, spent her childhood summers in Springfield at her grandparents. Hayden attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville before transferring to ...