The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed ...

A church-founded liberal arts college with a chaplain’s office was always going to be my choice for higher education. After ...

Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that ...

The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in 1957, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet toward her ...

Black history took a prominent role in Andrea King's childhood. The educator and civil rights activist didn't learn about historical icons like Fannie Lou Hammer, Langston Hughes or Sojourner truth in ...

Jerry Butler, a soul music giant who later served as a Windy City politician, has died following a long battle with Parkinson ...

After scoring hits including 'He Will Break Your Heart' and 'Make It Easy on Yourself,' the singer went on to a second life ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted The Impressions in 1991, described their music as “the sound of the Civil Rights ...

Lillian Gregory, the widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, remembers her husband who died in 2017. The interview is part of the StoryCorps "Brightness in Black" project.

Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley” is a creative re-enactment of James Baldwin and William F. Buckley's 1965 battle about the ...

Running from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Chicago Theological Union, 5416 S. Cornell Avenue, the event will play host to Rep.