I turned 18. I had graduated high school in May, started my college career that August and, in November, I voted for the ...

Another Black icon with the name is Eartha M. M. White, a humanitarian and philanthropist. The name, like it sounds, means ...

Work by more than 20 artists will soon be on display at two Lancaster exhibits commemorating Black History Month.

For the 18th year in a row, the Memorial Student Center’s Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee hosted the Reverend ...

As we recognize the 2024 class of 40 Under 40 honorees, we remember past winners who have gone on to accomplish even greater things in East Tennessee.

Update 11:48 a.m. ET Jan. 9: Rev. Andrew Young, sat near Carter’s casket starting with a reading from the Epistle Paul writing to Ephesians which includes “be kind and compassionate to one ...

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in his hometown after two funeral ceremonies in Washington, D.C. and Georgia. President Joe Biden will give the eulogy at the National Funeral Service ...

Reverend Andrew Young, a prominent civil rights leader and former United Nations ambassador who served under Carter, began his eulogy at Carter’s funeral Thursday with a simple declaration ...

Lowden is among many Black pastors Carter has been close to in his life, including Young, whom he met in politics. Carter once wrote of how much he was impacted by sometimes attending services as ...

At the cathedral, the Armed Forces Chorus sang the hymn “Be Still My Soul” before Carter’s casket was brought inside. Mourners also heard from 92-year-old Andrew Young, a former Atlanta ...