The evening featured music and dance, poetry, reflections on historic achievements, honors for two Riverhead educators and a moving keynote address by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.

Riggins and Roshanda Turrentine grew up next to each other in Ypsilanti, Riggins said. Turrentine was one of six children ...

Gitmo, of course!! It’s the freest place “we” have – by which I mean the American government, a.k.a. Donald Trump. No rules ...

February, a month of remembrance and a month of reflection on how African Americans shaped the history of America. We take a ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

If you want to ride the bus in Charlotte, you’ll have to pay when you get on -- but the same can’t be said for the city’s ...

But Trayvon will forever remain 17 because he was a Black teenager — seen as a threat simply for existing — and gunned down by a man who decided he didn’t belong in his own neighborhood. “Happy ...

Ethel and Joe Murphy came to Hawai‘i in 1952 so Joe could sell vacuum cleaners. By 1955, they founded the first and oldest regional business magazine in the country.

Many of the people who advise me to emulate King oppose diversity, equity and inclusion — the principles King championed and ...

As 'SNL 40' turns the decade page to 'SNL 50,' the 'Weekend Update' joke swap between Colin Jost and Michael Che is one of the show's best creations.

Former Georgia Representative Julian Bond and Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver once said that when Rosa Parks chose to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...