The object was to take water runoff from the Sacramento River basin that was flowing into the sea — boosters would say wasted ...

Bent, Court’s Theatre’s senior artistic producer, realized last season that the theater had never produced anything by South ...

"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...

Josephine Baker, trailblazing performer and civil rights activist, published her memoir, 'Fearless and Free,' in 1949. Now, the book is being released in the United States for the first time on Feb 4.

From the plantations of 19th century Mississippi to the steel mills of 20th century Youngstown to the board rooms of any major 21st century metropolis, work has long been a defining trait of the black ...

Patricia "Pat" Jandel, a former model and stylist, said the secret to longevity is simply, "A happy home life." ...

He came to Connecticut to attend Yale University, but dropped out junior year because he was more into working with his hands ...

Frank belonged to multiple professional organizations and received numerous awards, recognitions, and accolades associated ...

A woman in Georgia whose long life has included working as a model for Coca-Cola in the 1940s will celebrate a milestone ...

Alda Gaskill Alda Vann O’Neal Gaskill of Ocracoke passed away peacefully in her home on Jan. 15, 2025, with family by her side. She was born in Beaufort on October 6, 1940, to the late Ansley and ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...