Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Betty Harden agreed to a beach trip with friends nearly 70 years ago, she didn’t realize it would end with cameras, reporters ...

For the 39th year, Malverne Union Free School District students and their families celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration ...

Chester Owens will be remembered as a civil rights activist, educator and historian. He’s credited with helping desegregate downtown Kansas City, Kansas, businesses, establishing a Black book store ...

James L. Solomon Jr., one of three African American students to desegregate South Carolina University back in 1963, died Friday at the age of 94. The South Carolina community is mourning the loss of ...

10 Tampa Bay News explores the fight to desegregate local beaches and highlights the disparities this historical barrier has left within the Black community today.

SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — When Betty Harden agreed to a beach trip with friends nearly 70 years ago, she didn’t realize it would end with cameras, reporters and the city closing all of Spa Beach in ...