When people think of Black history, they may primarily associate the month with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While King was a ...

Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...

Democrat Dan Gaiewski defeated Republican Robert Boris by a vote of 1,578-693 Tuesday to win the special election for the ...

The landmark series' six-part continuation uses history to remind us that civil rights are won by ordinary people ...

Kevin Craig is a professor of mechanical engineering at Hofstra University. He is a graduate of Xavier High School in NYC, ...

Jubilee is more than a time for reflection—it is a platform to reimagine Selma as a destination for tourism, education, and economic revitalization.

People are fighting back in major ways already, but trans people don't all have to be activists to justify their existence.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Natchez Police Department Arrests — Sunday Amelia Louise Jones, 45, 114 Opal Drive ...

When the Supreme Court announced the landmark ruling of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in 1954, putting an end to state-sanctioned segregation of public schools, Septima Clark, the widowed ...

The nation of Denmark has been making the news lately because of Donald Trump and Greenland. The island nation belongs to the ...

The African American Read-In event took place on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Cunningham Memorial Library Events Area from 1-3 p.m. as part of the Black History Month celebration ...

Since 1976, every February has officially been designated as Black History Month. This February, stop by the library and give ...