In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

If Lorne Michaels is the father of “Saturday Night Live,” then Rosie Shuster is its criminally under-acknowledged mother.

Wives Rosie Geiser and Dottie Matthews are in both in their 70s and have been together since the 1990s. They spoke about ...

During Black History Month, News4JAX is celebrating local African American trailblazers who paved the way in politics and ...

IAMA Theatre's workshop production of Douglas Lyons' time-travel adventure "Don't Touch My Hair" runs through Feb. 24.

Five men who served in World War II as Tuskegee Airmen are honored in a Kokomo mural and a local gallery is sharing their stories.

Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park first grabbed my attention while looking for activities to do while visiting a friend in the East Bay. It did not end up on that trip’s final itinerary, ...

With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

Research on Boston's Home for Aged Colored Women offers a poignant window into a past we only thought we knew.

Born and raised in Chico, Claudine Rushton, an official Rosie the Riveter, turned 100 on Jan. 29 and attended a commemoration Friday with the Chico Area Recreation and Park District for an ...