Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

President Harry S. Truman’s “loyalty checks” began with an executive order declaring that “there shall be a loyalty ...

To young and old today who want to make a change, Rita Omokha proclaims, “Tell yourself you can—and watch yourself prove it.” ...

She helped start the NAACP in Flagstaff and taught Black voters how to have their vote count. But her story is lost to time.

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Black history: from abolitionists to historic settlements, discover their resiliency and persistence in shaping the region's ...