Juneteenth, short for June Nineteenth, is celebrated in different ways including marches, speeches, and more.  Juneteenth ...

DAYTONA BEACH — After a three-year journey winding through government approvals, fundraising and complex logistics, the new marble Mary McLeod Bethune statue is complete and about to go on public ...

DAYTONA BEACH — When a small group of local residents traveled to a tiny hamlet on the Tuscan coast of Italy in July to see the new marble sculpture of Mary McLeod Bethune, Hiram Powell expected to be ...

Born Mary Jane Mcleod on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary Mcleod Bethune is known by many as a leading educator and civil rights activist. But few knew that she was instrumental in ...

Discover must-read books and literary works by W.E.B. Du Bois, exploring race, identity, and social justice in powerful and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Local NAACP President Cle Jackson said the decision by Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker to not retry former Grand Police officer Christopher Schurr in the killing of a Black ...

The 56th NAACP Image Awards returned on Saturday evening, broadcast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Black talent and achievement on full display. After the ceremony ...

They chose Harriet Beecher Stowe, a white abolitionist. Mary Mcleod Bethune, Black civil rights leader. And Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and rescued others. A couple weeks before the show ...

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Immediate changes are coming to the Bibb County Jail following a meeting between the NAACP and Sheriff David Davis, including a new protocol for investigating in ...

there’s one driver who has everybody talking. Fan favorite BJ McLeod will join the field for his first Truck Series start since 2021, and he does so in what is by far the best equipment of his ...

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded ...

David McLeod, a syndication and content sales executive whose career at Disney spanned 35 years including 25 running the studio’s Chicago syndication office, died May 4 in Downers Grove ...