Peter Oliver’s dramatic story of being a local Moravian slave who learned pottery and purchased his own freedom is still remembered today, by historical experts and his descendants. Oliver’s skill
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By Bill Turner, Guest Columnist President Obama and popular game show host Steve Harvey both spoke briefly, but profoundly, recently about the subject of slavery in America. The difference between their
(pictured above: Photo fromAfrican-American Sons & Daughters of Bethania, N.C. This vintage photo shows students at Cedar Grove School.) Priscilla Kerins had always wanted to learn more about her family
The South African charity Feed a Child chose to highlight child poverty in South Africa by portraying a little Black boy being fed like a dog by a seemingly affluent
Chronicle breakfast kicks-off MLK Day events on Monday The Chronicle will be kicking the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday off
Hundreds of local residents attended Kwanzaa celebrations this week and last week at several venues throughout the city. Folks danced,
(pictured above: “Ebony and Ivy” book author and MIT history professor, Craig Steven Wilder) Seven score and 10 years ago, in 1863,
Goler Memorial AME Zion Church, 630 North Patterson Ave., celebrated its legacy as a “Freedom Church” last month during a
At the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines last weekend, former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin
Dr. Ben Carson became the darling of conservatives earlier this year by stridently attacking the Affordable Care Act with President
