William Hamer became Atlanta's first African American fire chief. Services for Chief Hamer are planned for Saturday, July 19, at 11 am at Hoosier United Methodist Church.

After nearly a decade on Monroe Center, the Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives is preparing to relocate and ...

After decades in traditional media, the pioneering journalist is building something entirely her own. Here’s how she’s doing it.

Jessica Hyatt says now that she's surpassed 2,200 points and is among the top 30 female chess players in the country, she has her sights on becoming a chess grandmaster next.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — After more than a decade of scattered storage and borrowed space, the Grand Rapids African American ...

The Arizona Commission of African-American Affairs and the African-American Caucus – Tucson will host a town hall on Saturday ...

Three of four museums on Wednesday welcomed visitors back in after HVAC issues caused them to close for three days, according to Smithsonian officials. The museums closed for maintenance were: READ | ...

The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take ...

A Grand Rapids staple announced on Wednesday it is moving to a bigger location. (July 16, 2025) Harbor Humane Society in West Olive has a full kennel and a lot of mouths to feed. (July 16, 2025) ...

The men sent to Eswatini are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, according to the White House.

LaToya Chanel Thompson, MMS, is a passionate, dedicated, committed quilter/fiber artist who now shares her artistic and ...

Now, Ken Harper’s idea for a recreation of Baum’s original story has become something of a classic in its own right. The most recent version is onstage at Bass Hall through Sunday, July 20 as the ...