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In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...
The revelation that Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots shines a light on a community of Catholics that has shaped New Orleans, from a famous Voodoo priestess to the self-proclaimed inventor of ...
Hear Ketch Secor's new song 'Dickerson Road,' the first song off the Old Crow Medicine Show frontman's solo album 'Story the Crow Told Me.' ...
Its origins in the 1970s were along the lines of celebrating the region's history as a significant supplier of fruit, via farming and canning industries. But these days, it's called the Boogie ...
On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost— a lifelong fan of the team who attended the 2005 World Series —was elected Pope Leo XIV ...
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts has unveiled a new exhibit featuring never-before-seen photographs by renowned photojournalist and activist Kwame Brathwaite.T ...
CBS' new soap opera “Beyond the Gates” has been renewed for a second season. Some of daytime’s beloved Black actors like ...
Tennessee Orange,” about falling in love with someone who roots for your football rival, was the first hit for Moroney, who favors her home state University of Georgia Bulldogs. She rises above those ...
Curators in the music mecca have begun the painstaking process of saving a trove of 75,000 photographs. The images capture ...
With trumpeter Al Hirt’s manic rendition of “The Flight of the Bumblebee” blaring in the background, thus began each episode of “ The Green Hornet ,” the comic-book and radio show-inspired TV series ...
Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from ...
SPRINGFIELD — Country music artist Jake Owen will headline the Illinois State Fair grandstand on Friday, Aug. 8. Owens has ...