Sewall’s partner brought a pair of pistols and laid them on the counter, but there are different versions of what happened in historic sources. In one version of the story, Sewell picked up ...

"This bill is not a symbolic gesture, but rather a meaningful step for repairing the deep structural injustices," U.S. Rep.

Have you been told that Shreveport has never been as violent as it is now? Because such sentiments are not true. Shreveport ...

John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader. However, the holiday wasn’t signed into law until 1983, and the first national celebration ...

Marsh III, the first Black mayor ... In April 1979, when Marsh was mayor, President Jimmy Carter spoke at Virginia Democrats’ Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner at the Hotel John Marshall in Richmond.

Ted Talbert's storytelling legacy in Detroit lives on, and the same is true for the many Detroiters that helped the dedicated ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pushed it to the very end, but he ended up qualifying to run for a third term as mayor. At first ... mayor's seat are State Sen. John Horhn and former District ...

According to city hall records, this would be the first pay increase for Dothan’s mayor and commissioners since 1989. Subscribe to our News 4 newsletter and receive the latest local news and ...

WELL, IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE, BUT HE DID MAKE THE LIST. THE MAYOR CAME DOWN AT 5:00 ON THE DOT WITH THE FOLDER IN HAND, TO SUBMIT HIS PAPERWORK FOR CANDIDACY. BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ...

A mayor and six council members were chosen by ... Upper Blue Elementary School in Breckenridge for 13 years. She was a first and second grade teacher in the district for seven years before ...

But when he comes knocking this year, it will be because he's running for mayor, the current Detroit city councilman ... Past congressional leaders Barbara Rose-Collins and John Conyers influenced ...