ALTON — Long-time Alton civil rights leader James Gray, who was head of the Alton ... Housing Authority and was a current member of the Madison County Housing Authority. Gray was the first ...

James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... sponsored the Bill of Rights. As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals.

For Black History Month, essay contest open to local high school students focusing on African-Americans who had an impact on ...