February is “Black History Month”, and people join together in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve their right to full independence in ...

Any true historian knows that if you want to research the life of someone who died several generations ago, you’d better be willing to dig. So when local historians Phyllis Bridges and Linda Willard ...

Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a “reckless soldier of fortune,” Ellis was born into slavery in Texas in 1864.

Overdue fines are widely recognized by professional library organizations as a form of social inequity. The American Library ...

A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was set to be remembered for his devotion ...

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

His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept ...

In the late 1940s, when housing discrimination was common, what is now Cascade Valley Metro Park included a neighborhood ...

Khorana’s research at the Institute for Enzyme Research at the University of Wisconsin and later at MIT helped decipher the ...

Reginald Lewis was a role model for all Black Americans in business, especially entrepreneurs like himself, writes.

In honor of Black History Month and his upcoming exhibit, the Palm Springs Art Museum will host a Modernism Week lecture on Howard Smith Feb. 17.

The resurgence of storytelling around us today helps us share and understand cultural diversity and history. The telling is ...