The High Museum of Art is focusing on the civil rights era in two new exhibits that include 200 photographs, many of which have never been publicly displayed. ...more

June 29, 2008

Althea Mills of Winter Haven, whose 1963 federal lawsuit spurred the desegregation of Polk County schools, died Friday. She was 84. ...more

June 12, 2008

The woman whose 1963 federal lawsuit spurred the desegregation of Polk County schools has died. Althea Mills of Winter Haven died Friday. She was 84. ...more

June 11, 2008

Born-again Christian Barry McGuire's 1965 anti-war hit "Eve of Destruction" remains just as relevant today - unfortunately. ...more

June 8, 2008

A Bumpy Road Ahead Regarding "Historic Race Begins" (front page, June 4): I'm not sure what all the cheering is about. Barack Obama, whom I support, has the Democratic nomination. He looks like a solid candidate - bright, articulate and with a strong sense of right and wrong. And he's running against a doddering old warmonger who is in bed with every elite lobbyist in Washington, and who seems to barely know where he is. ...more

June 5, 2008

Last week, after LeBron James' mother Gloria shouted at Celtic Paul Pierce for tangling with LeBron as he headed for a slam dunk, millions of Americans saw LeBron yell at his mom, "Sit your (butt) down!" Comments on the Internet denounced Gloria James as an overbearing mom who needed to leave her grown son alone. "Miss James stay home throw a shoe at the T.V," read one post on sports.yahoo.com. "She is obnoxious and crude," said another. ...more

May 21, 2008

Having survived numerous close calls in the voting this season, "American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado is scheduled to make a triumphant hometown visit today. ...more

May 9, 2008

Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to her final days, has died. She was 97. ...more

February 24, 2008

For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. ...more

February 23, 2008

Heads down, the children stood on the school's cafeteria stage like statues. ...more

February 21, 2008