The following was written for What’s Up Newp by Keith Stokes, Vice President of the 1696 Heritage Group. This story was ...

During Black History Month, Pennsylvania’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Leon Smith reflects on his impact and what this recognition means.

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

DeSoto Mayor Rachel Proctor will go down in the predominantly-African American city’s history as the second woman – and just ...

Dakar Harrigan and Marquis Brooks are breaking barriers in a community where there aren't many barbers who look like them.

The memo rescinding the initiative cited Trump's Jan. 20 executive order titled "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI ...

Beattie-style bigotry, which has always found a home in the Trump movement, is too raunchy, backward, and self-defeating to ...

The relationships between Indigenous tribes and formerly enslaved Black people in the U.S. were complex, shaped by historical ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

Black History Month made the military stronger, promoting cohesion and innovation. Canceling it will hurt unity integrity.

Black History Month Anderson locations to see, the Church Street Heritage Plaza in downtown Anderson, with storyboards and ...