Slaves built the chapel that still stands on East Market Street in 1827. It opened in 1829 for a white congregation.

Wilson County Black History Committee is converting the historical church that dates back to 1827 into a museum, events venue and community landmark..

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

“History really is stories,” said Tim Jacobs, an active member of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and the ...

The Southern secession from 1861-65 is portrayed as a “lost cause” by supporters and an act of evil by its detractors. Murray ...

Some people (fewer every decade) put a little sticker inside the front cover of books they own. It's called a "bookplate," ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he won’t take part in U.S.-Russia talks this week on ending the war in Ukraine ...

Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...