This Black History Month, district leaders are renaming a Grand Rapids Public School in honor of a historic figure.

MADISON (WKOW) — A new bill proposes honoring February 18 as a special observance day for Vel Phillips in Wisconsin schools.

Local author Chris Boucher and Pollard Library Foundation member Jacquelynn Coles discuss Harry “Bucky” Lew, a Lowell native and the first African-American to play professional basketball.

He served as a trustee of the first African-American school in Pendleton. Today, the Vance House stands between King's Chapel A.M.E. Church and the site of the first African-American school in ...

He served as a trustee of the first African-American school in Pendleton. The Vance House, built at the turn of the 19th century. Today, the Vance House stands between King's Chapel A.M.E. Church ...