Rufus Mathews, a Black high school All-American halfback at West, has stayed in Rockford his whole life and says he was ...

The Liberty STEAM first grader was one of nearly 55 students with winning entries for the Black History Month Art and Essay Contest. Each student picks a hero to be the subject of their entry, like ...

One of Philadelphia's eldest citizens joined the centenarian club. Inez Turner reflects on the highs and lows of her 100 years of life.

The voice of the late Vin Scully, who spent 67 years doing play-by-play for the Dodgers, was a big part of Ponce’s childhood ... Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, all these old school ...

This week, a resident at a Dearborn Heights senior living facility will celebrate a remarkable milestone — his 100th birthday ...

Only later did he think about the upside of this constraint: how seeing no Black men on the ice might have snuffed his childhood ambition ... to become hockey's Jackie Robinson.

Roberta Flack, the R&B singer behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His ...

In her early childhood, the family moved to Arlington ... lent her voice to pivotal moments singing at the funeral of Jackie Robinson, major league baseball's first Black player, and was among ...

Roberta Flack, the singer-songwriter behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' dies. She was 88.