Dozens of people on Friday flocked to the gym at the Henry Brigham Community Center on Golden Camp Road to see Maurice ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella ...

This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

Preserving history through art is the theme of "Sacred Spaces," a new exhibit at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis. The art show, which opened in mid-February, celebrates and honors ...

Black history was held in its highest regard last week during the African American History Challenge, hosted by the 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis on March 8, 2025 at the organization’s ...

As a nurse, Sue Johnson once thought her children growing up in Augusta would consider careers in health care. "I wanted them ...

Then there was Benjamin Banneker, who helped design not only the White House, but Washington D.C. From the Benjamin Banneker High School website: “Banneker's major reputation stems from his ...

Readers respond to local issues such as the Nationals’ agreement ending with MASN, a rejected Virginia state park and more.

He was deeply inspired by Benjamin Banneker, a Black mathematician and astronomer who created a wooden clock that kept precise time in 1753. Aldis credited him as the inventor of "the very first ...

The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.” — the Prophet Muhammad Muhammad decried ignorance.