My parents, Vincent and Eula, came to the United States in 1968. They were Black immigrants who arrived during the tumultuous year in which both Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In July 2024, all eyes will turn to Paris for the Summer Olympic Games. Spectators from around the globe will converge on the City of Light to watch athletes compete and to soak in the culture, ...

The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison. Their goal was to ...

MILWAUKEE - The federal holiday Juneteenth will be celebrated on June 19. The holiday observes the date "the people of Texas were informed all slaves are free." "It's a dark side of history. It's ...

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I recently had the opportunity to travel with my daughter and the Akron Urban League’s Youth Adult Council to the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Freedom Monument ...

Women suffragettes opposed abortion. Alice Paul, a prominent suffragist, said: “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton referred to abortion as ...