On Monday, Kattie Eason sat down with News 8’s Brittany Flowers. Eason was a beloved crossing guard for Martin Luther King ...

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture ...

Kent Career Tech Center invites community members to meet staff, students and explore the labs and programs offered.

Travel hasn’t always been easy for African Americans — far from it. That’s why, during an era of segregation, “The Negro ...

The "Stand Up & Fight Back!" rally was hosted by the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression on ...

Cle Jackson was announced as the GIANT Among Giants recipient on Saturday, Feb. 1, during the 42nd GIANT Awards and Banquet at DeVos Place. The award recognizes an exceptional Black leader whose ...

As he celebrated the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865, Frederick Douglass emphasized that pervasive racial discrimination remained an obstacle to the attainment of equal ...

It was a highly contentious Thursday session in the Michigan Senate as a resolution to condemn the pardons issued by ...

Heading to a secondhand shop or a thrift store is a bit of an adventure! There are so many awesome curiosities you can ...

Global superstar Kane Brown released “Says I Can (The High Road Tour Version),” a revised version of the original track featuring his tourmates Ashley Cooke, Dasha, Mitchell Tenpenny and Scotty ...

Walter Coe moved to Grand Rapids in 1916 from Nashville and became the city's first Black police officer in 1922.