In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

"The timing of Marcus Freeman and Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a powerful symbol that should be viewed with cautious optimism," said Joseph Cooper, the director of the Institute for Innovative Leader ...

James Franklin is the longest-tenured of the ... as the first to coach for a national title. Freeman, who is of African-American and South Korean descent, spoke about representation and being ...

As USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn appears to be atop James Franklin’s list of Tom Allen replacements, it was easy to start piecing two and two together.

Yet today there are few African names in the global market for high-end spirits. Some entrepreneurs are trying to change that. Amma Mensah, the British-Ghanaian owner of Reign Rums, and Lola Pedro ...

“I felt this profound disconnect with African Americans,” he added. When Hounsou landed his leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film “Amistad,” the powerful story of the slave ...

To Penn State fans, James Franklin should be a hero. Penn State made the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff semifinals. Any Penn State supporter would have been salivating ...

Federal authorities have arrested Jason Carney, an American who ran a charity to feed African orphans and brokered adoptions in Malawi for U.S. clients. Carney was detained Friday in Arkansas in ...

It could only end like this for James Franklin. No upset against SMU or Boise State, for this Penn State team. The Penn State coach has been plagued by losses in the biggest moments and that ...

Penn State coach James Franklin consoled his daughter Addison Franklin, who broke down in tears after a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night, as seen in social media videos.