“This trip is using lessons from the Underground Railroad to teach humanity,” says Walker, who has been leading tours for Footsteps to Freedom since it was founded 28 years ago by Cheryl and Hardy ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

To young and old today who want to make a change, Rita Omokha proclaims, “Tell yourself you can — and watch yourself prove it ...

Now, one of the locomotives used to pull that train is undergoing a massive restoration at the B&O Railroad Museum.

The Giro d’Italia Ride Like a Pro USA brought a taste of the legendary Italian Grand Tour to American soil, giving cyclists ...

Anyone can vote in Georgia's party primary elections. Republicans want to change that, arguing people outside of their party shouldn't help pick their nominees.

English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Poesy.” In this text, he defends the value of ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter.

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Every holiday season, the Libby Food Pantry distributes a large amount of their stock to our local community. Knowing that they start running incredibly low in commodities, the Freedom Riders, LoD — ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access ...

the destination for hundreds of Freedom Riders through the summer ... that the civil rights movement had profoundly changed America, but also that the structures of racism had remained in his ...