Kathy Juniel planned her day around coverage of Aretha Franklin’s homegoing service. A longtime fan, the retired teacher spent hours watching the star-studded and moving program...
Fans of Aretha Franklin have paid tribute in many ways this week, visiting the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit where she lay...
The latest round of murders in Pine Bluff brought the mayor and a handful of concerned citizens together for a march to highlight the city’s rising...
When the March on Washington is remembered Tuesday on its 55th anniversary, most will recall the soaring voice of Dr. Martin Luther King delivering his “I...
A year ago, floodwater stood three feet deep in Shelia Harris’s home in Houston, forcing her family to leave home like thousands of others. “We started...
When the invitation arrived, I simply could not believe my eyes! A handwritten note from the Queen of Soul, inviting me to join her for a...
The founders of Elm Grove Baptist Church were enslaved, but they were determined to worship the God they trusted through the cruelty and brutality that defined...
There weren’t many black women at the insurance company in Colorado where Camilla Jenkins works. So, when she had an opportunity to recommend someone who looks...
Washington, D.C. is ground zero this weekend for the white supremacists who left Charlottesville, Virginia bruised last year and exposed President Donald Trump’s affinity for their...
Ebony Brown worked quickly on a client as another one sat patiently with conditioner on her hair. The hands of the 29-year-old stylist led a choreographed...