Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

Broadway star and silver screen powerhouse Cynthia Erivo has not had and easy road. Rather, she's faced a number of struggles and tragic circumstances.

This story has been updated to correct the date of the Black Film Series at Forest Park Branch Library. February is Black ...

Voices from the Past” to feature historical reenactment COLUMBUS—The community is invited to the Columbus Library on Wednesday, February 19, for a living history performance, “Voices from the Past.” ...

The dynamic vocalist who is up for a best actress Oscar for playing Elphaba in the movie version of "Wicked" discusses what she brought to the role of the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Former Georgia Representative Julian Bond and Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver once said that when Rosa Parks chose to ...

Local libraries, colleges and churches are hosting a variety of activities to participate in for Black History Month in your ...

Harriet Tubman, was an abolitionist and slave who worked relentlessly to free enslaved African Americans. Tubman was born ...

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While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

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