Enslaved fugitives referred to the Ohio River as the River Jordan. It was a metaphor for freedom like the Israelites’ flight from slavery in Egypt through the parted waters of the Red Sea. Except the ...

The Dayton branch of the NAACP held an event for Black History Month Thursday. The event was called “Then and Now: What Has Changed?” and had guest speaker Hezekiah Watkins, who is the last surviving ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...