Groundbreaking gay rights activist and Navy veteran Harvey Milk was in the news this week as the Navy vessel named in his honor made headlines as its pending renaming looms.  "Chief Pentagon ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

Emmett Community Playhouse, a local nonprofit that offers several live theater shows each year, will present “Matilda the ...

The boy lifts his head higher and speaks with a clearer tone. “I’m Emmett.” ...

On Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols, the city’s first African American mayor, announced the Greenwood Trust, a $105 million private charitable fund created to address the ...

Khadim Thiam, 23, and nine other Black New York City college students unexpectedly went viral on TikTok when he posted a ...