In recognition of Black History Month in February, MassLive asked readers to nominate Black leaders doing important work across the state. The origins of Black History Month can be traced back to 1915 ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its origins dating back to the first African American congregations in the ...

The first Black woman to serve as UC's student regent talks about her scholarship, her journey as a student raising young ...

Once she graduated high school, Bowling went on to South Carolina State University where she received her journalism degree.

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

Shawna den Otter asks all 11 candidates for Unit 4 board seats: What should be the board's role in preventing problems like ...

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

Here, we explain the facts behind several more of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims during his two Senate hearings as nominee ...

"There's much work that needs to be done ... There were laws prohibiting it," said Hayes, who is Black. Then there was the ...

With that, the Black authors that do make it to the publishing finish line rarely receive the marketing support they need, which affects how many people can actually read the work. Unfortunately ...

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world figure skating champions in pairs, lost their lives in the crash. They ...