In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...

On the chilly day of Jan. 20, 2024, students, faculty and community members gathered across Concordia’s campus to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

She emphasized, “The dream is still alive. Sometimes we feel as if it is deferred. We’ve been telling our students, ‘Don’t ...

The Golden Globes put on a brand new face and aired on a different network (CBS) the other day, but it was still a perplexing mix of oddball winners and ...

In June 1999, a motorist in Whitefish, Montana, called the police after spotting a woman lying on the side of the road. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found Mary Ann Schmitz unconscious, and ...

The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) announced the nominees for the 56th NAACP Image Awards, which will be held on Feb. 22 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in ...

The Netflix movie, which debuted on the platform just before Christmas, stars Kerry Washington and features Oprah Winfrey as civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune. As shared by Netflix ...

Folk singer Peter Yarrow, best known as a member of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. His publicist confirmed Yarrow died Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family at his home in New ...

By Jim Farber Peter Yarrow, whose caring and righteous vocals for the trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped establish them as one of the most popular folk acts of the 1960s, died on Tuesday at his home ...

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — Mary Ann Krupsak, who became the first woman elected to statewide office in New York when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died. She was 92. Krupsak died ...