1901—Hiram R. Revels, the first African-American elected to the United States Senate, died on this day in Aberdeen, Miss. Revels, a pol­itician, minister and educator was of Black and Cherokee descent ...

Defense nominee Pete Hegseth faces questions about how he’d treat female soldiers, at a time when the armed forces are ...

A student of Shreveport’s Providence Academy became one of the first African Americans to serve as a clerk in the Railway ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified ...

Inspired by the real-life Dozier School for Boys, the film uses an unusual first-person POV “sentient perspective” to tell ...

Since then, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has become the largest selling African-American owned spirit brand in history.

Autumn used to be the main thrust of the Connecticut theater season, but winter is now the core of it. Here’s what to watch ...

From his breakout role in "Coming to America" to commanding the screen as Dr. Peter Benton on ER, La Salle has masterfully navigated Hollywood as an actor, director and storyteller.

Shreveport is older than Caddo Parish, which was created on January 18, 1838. The very first sheriff of Caddo Parish was Alexander Boyd Sterrett, the husband of Martha Bowie Sterrett.

Bibliophiles, lace up your boots and embark on this epic adventure! The places you have loved in your imagination are waiting ...

On a private game reserve in south africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an unlikely creature is making a tentative comeback— and ...