AN URGENT search has been launched for a missing schoolgirl who vanished from a historic town. Lillie Keane was last seen in ...

From Florida beaches to European festivals, these short trips are perfect for travelers with limited time or budget.

Winning the mayoral race in Anniston, Alabama, Ciara Smith has officially become the youngest and first African American ...

The city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, is a historic all-Black town founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved Black people who created a thriving haven for thousands of Black Americans during the Jim ...

As a small-town girl, I was overwhelmed with joy because ... To my surprise, it was Mae C. Jemison: the first Black woman to be in space and a change-maker in her field. We were in awe.

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Authorities have spent over a year looking for a 6-year-old Black girl who went missing in South Africa. However, authorities recently identified the person who was behind her disappearance which ...

Princeville, N.C. has been an anomaly since the town boundaries have existed on a map. Officially incorporated in 1885, but existing since the early days of Emancipation, it is the oldest Black ...

or that it’s thought to be the first majority-Black town in America to incorporate and the oldest such town still in existence today. And you probably don’t know that it’s dying. Established ...

Newbern is a small and majority-Black town, yet Black residents could not remember a single election for those positions. As the first Black person elected mayor of Newbern, I immediately ran into ...

Princeville, North Carolina, holds the distinction of being the oldest town in America founded by Black people. Today, it stands at a critical juncture, grappling with the impacts of climate ...

With a population nearly 5,000 by the 1905 census, Buxton had a majority Black population. In the Monroe County town, south of more well-known towns like Pella, Oskaloosa and Knoxville ...