The first known banned book was Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan," a book published in 1637 that was banned by the Puritan ...

Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in Jim Crow — if convicted in a double homicide.

Ibram X. Kendi, the antiracist scholar, talks to CNN about his upcoming new book on Malcolm X, the recent “racist progress” ...

From a role in the space program to Ax Handle Saturday to service with four Jacksonville mayors. Alton and Gwen Yates have ...

A look at the Oscars and Hollywood is helpful to see how much diversity has changed in the last years, particularly now that ...

Rebellion is at the heart of rock and roll. There has always been a dangerous element to the music, but sometimes the threat ...

Research into the lives of American Red Cross servicewomen in Britain during World War Two is already uncovering "largely ...

In his small western Pennsylvania hometown, the noise around Allen receded. There he was “Sleepy,” a loyal friend, who loved ...

A decision to move the remains of hundreds African American tenant farmers from a former Virginia tobacco plantation to a ...

Julian Rayford's Joe Cain Day brought Mardi Gras to the masses, but his own story seems to be fading with time.

Union is also what is termed a "food desert", where many residents live far from the nearest supermarket. So in 2016, local non-profit director Elise Ashby began working with farmers to deliver ...