Most people in the Black community are familiar with Watch Night, one of the oldest cultural traditions of New Year’s Eve. Marked with late-night worship services in church, the event is usually ...

On Dec. 31, 1862, cloaked by what likely was a cold, dark night in the dead of winter, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered together in secret. As a ...

Haitians and Black Americans engage in historically-rooted New Year's traditions that honor past struggles and manifest hope ...

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu has come out against creating a commission to study reparations for the city’s Black residents — ...

This piece is spurred by the curiosity expressed recently by a Yoruba Nigerian. He posted a video online in which Pastor E.A. Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian of God told a story while he also prayed ...

The City of Aiken will hold a Public Information Drop-In for the Fairfield Street Bridge Replacement Project from 5-7 p.m.

Following is a chronology of major events during Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's 11-year tenure as leader of the ...

During her campaign, Johnson, the first Black prosecutor in Jackson County history, said she would establish a new property ...

Nigeria hosts some of the world's oldest churches, serving as pillars of spiritual growth and driving progress in education, ...

Cosenza, a talented Lexington musician who performed with a litany of bands and worked on more than 100 albums, died Feb. 18 ...

As the world pays homage to former President Jimmy Carter, some people overlook a primary source of inspiration for his ...

It was reported that the newly freed people began to celebrate with prayer, feasting, song and dance. In my mind, as a spiritually led and impassioned artist, the four ways these folks lifted freedom ...