In September of 1838, former slave Frederick Douglass traveled to Nantucket to hear the publisher of Boston's abolitionist newspaper, William Lloyd Garrison, speak. After hearing Douglass tell his ...

This year’s tournament, the Granite State Challenge, will culminate with a final showdown slated to air on New Hampshire PBS ...

A documentary special honors the upstate New York organization’s sesquicentennial, featuring excerpts from the trumpeter’s 12 ...

Part one of this episode tells the history of the Rudolphy Mercy-Douglass Home for the Blind ... WHYY Presents is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...

Officials at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport have announced additions to their list of nonstop flight destinations. Starting in February 2025, Southwest Airlines ...

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named the theme for this Black History Month.

A judge ordered the naming rights of the extremist group the Proud Boys be given to the Metropolitan African Methodist ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass are just some of the iconic names heard during Black History Month. Those well-known changemakers shaped today's world. However ...

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Each day we pick up our smart phones and perhaps snatch a photo or video of a ...