The Santa Claus was Nate Mitchell, a Black man from Detroit, who was giving Nichols an opportunity to see a fantasy character that is typically portrayed as an old white man that looked just like him.

That African-American citizens had every right to be in the place they put themselves even though the white person objected ... the idea of a Black Santa is an incredulous tradition for some white ...

To their surprise, this Santa did not look like the ones in holiday movies or books — instead, he was a thin African American ...

The building housing the Alano Club of Santa Barbara at 235 E. Cota St. was moved there in 1926 by an African-American congregation called the People’s Independent Church. It housed several ...

However, when Hudson-Collins’ mother gifted her a slender hand-knitted Black Santa Claus in her late 20s, she became inspired. It was the beginning of her extensive collection of more than 200 ...

Denise Hippach is sworn in Monday as Santa Barbara County’s first African-Amercan Superior Court judge by Presiding Judge Gustavo Lavayen. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) A historical swearing ...

In 1927, the Roswell Daily Record reported plans for a Juneteenth celebration in Blackdom, N.M., a freedom colony in Chaves County that afforded African Americans struggling under the Jim Crow laws of ...

In Santa Rosa Schools, only 6% of students are Black/African American. However, Parker said the curriculum will teach all students to understand that “the greatness of ancient societies is not ...

Community leaders and attendees gathered Saturday afternoon in Old Town Lompoc for a vibrant celebration honoring African ...

However, when Hudson-Collins’ mother gifted her a slender hand-knitted Black Santa Claus in her late 20s, she became inspired. It was the beginning of her extensive collection of more than 200 ...