No inter-minority partnership in U.S. history has been as productive — or as fragile — as the bond between Black and Jewish Americans. Together we helped dismantle Jim Crow and broaden this ...

For many in the Natchez community, the scars from racism run deep and the struggle is far from over, as evidenced by stories ...

Jefferson Davis' birthday is one of three confederate holidays in Alabama. See when it is observed and what closures will ...

May 19 would have been the 100th birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the man most know as Malcolm X. As such, Black folks ...

One of the highlights of my genealogical journey has been the great privilege I have had to spend two decades corresponding with grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the owner of my ...

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the state holiday ...

Our separate struggles are really a struggle for freedom, dignity and humanity." The quote is part of a telegram sent by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to civil rights activist Cesar Chavez in late ...

At 6-foot-10 an 330 pounds, Jimmy Bell Jr. looked every bit the part of a ... And after briefly practicing with Mississippi State’s football team—despite not playing the sport since high ...

One of the arrests attributed to the operation was that of LaDarrius Rasheed Martin, 37, a resident of Ridgeland, Mississippi, who was booked into Escambia County Jail in October 2024 on counts ...

Hotel developer Kenny Bhakta went public several years ago with plans to cluster three hotels along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard by 2022, banking on Waco’s growing tourist counts and ...