The late Arthur Chaires Sr. joined the Schenectady Police Department in 1952; he dedicated his life to family and community.

The story of a Black-owned dairy that operated in post-reconstruction Shreveport for over 30 years is part of the Louisiana ...

President Donald Trump has fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and says he'll nominate Air ...

Gerald Norwood's curiosity to learn his family's history led to a lifelong hobby of collecting and sharing historical Black ...

Robert Jones on the Rev. Claude Shelby ... Asia Fuller and Dionne Webster on Barbara Gillespie ... Tracy Parsons on Clarence ...

Local author Elaine Soloway reflects on her family's humble beginnings in Chicago after emigrating from Russia about 100 years ago.

Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where ...

Volunteers of the 1870 census project are taking every name on the census record and adding an identifier number to ...

Immigrants have been a part of the foundation of what would be New York City, according to the state’s New York ...

Word In Black This post was originally published on Afro Photo courtesy of Shai McCall. (WIB) - On Jan. 7, the ...

There’s been some recent efforts to try and erase black history. Rather than being upset and angry, what we have to do is ...

The Waters family story in Greenbelt and Washington is far from complete. We know nothing of their inner lives, their hopes, ...