Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

Scientists uncovered evidence of the oldest hominin presence in Europe in modern-day Romania nearly two million years ago. Archaeologists found animal bones with cut marks associated with ancient ...

The following schools have announced their plans to either close, or monitor the weather before making a final decision. Orleans Parish: NOLA Public S ...

These eight books by Black women speak to the healing and resilience needed to survive another Trump presidency.

Diversity Day and Race Against Racism will be at the Phyllis Wheatley Center. It begins with the annual 5K race, followed by ...

With incoming severe winter weather expected, many schools throughout southeastern Louisiana, as well as events planned for ...

Multiple artists and organizations have collaborated to paint murals at various locations of the Phillis Wheatley Elementary ...

All FirstLine Schools, which include Samuel J. Green Charter, Arthur Ashe Charter, Phillis Wheatley and Langston Hughes Academy, will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21. L.B. Landry High School and Behrman ...

The Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship, 125 S. Pleasant St. in Oberlin, will celebrate Black History Month with its first “Still We Rise: Oberlin’s Black Women of Excellence” program at 11:30 ...

Six days of events in Greenville will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The second annual "Unity Weekend" kicked off on Wednesday, launching the first of a total six-day stretch ...

The organizations and museums celebrating MLK Day through concerts, exhibits, and volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia.

The YWCA's Knoxville group organizes the event each year as a way to bring people together to honor diversity and work toward ...