In Dr. Young's biography entitled Tearing Down Fences: The Life of Alice Holloway Young, its author Sally Parker did a masterful job charting t...
Dr. Walter Cooper, Ph. D is a former scientist (Eastman Kodak)and Regent Emeritus of the state of New York, who has been in his youth and conti...
Multimedia business owner, racial consultant and current University of Rochester graduate student Amen Imhotep Ptah, who is pursuing a Master d...
The United Christian Leadership Ministry (UCLM) is an ecumenical coalition of religious and civic institutions formed in 2013 creating a moveme...
The definition of Apartheid (South African English), was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and Sout...
FREE BBQ, hotdogs, burgers and recreational entertainment such as bounce houses, horses, live music and fire trucks will be a part of The Bapti...
Like…. if the Covid-19 pandemic is not enough, in the last few weeks, the city of Rochester has been plagued with senseless acts of gun violenc...
After serving more than thirty years as a sworn officer, retired Rochester Police Department (RPD) Deputy Chief Wayne P. Harris has continued a...
Teachers are answering the call, despite the overwhelming difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. One such educator is Cassan...
Former Founding Teacher of Rochester Prep Elementary School, Brittany Rumph is well on her way to becoming the first native of Rochester that h...
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Kevin Beckford's dad grew up on a farm. His last name is that of an English slaveholder, Lord William B...
When East High School’s Superintendent Shaun Nelms accepted the new position created in 2015, by a partnership between the University of Roches...
Wyoma Best is the first African American woman, (27 years old), to serve on the Rochester City School Board. She was elected in November 1970. ...
Photo (left to right):Ashford, unidentified man, Thomas Todd and Vernon Jarrett Laplois 'Lackie' Ashford is the first African Ameri...
Iris Jean Sulcer Banister Born 1947, in Oklahoma; moved to Rochester in 1969. Education: M.S. Education Adminis...
James H. Norman Born: 1948, in Augusta, Georgia; moved to Rochester in 1992. Education: M.S., Social Work (Planni...
Former NFL Star Warrick Dunn Gives Away His 145th Home to a Single Parent | A Mom in Tampa Bay The former NFL superstar running bac...
"Mama" by Almeta Whitis copyright 2019 How many times do we feel overwhelmed by the number and proportion of broken peop...
BY JENNIFER LATSON America’s first black female millionaire — and the first woman of any race to become a self-made millionaire — b...
After the 1964 Rebellion, officials at city hall made a commitment to hire more minorities. But executives of big industries like Kodak were no...
Education is without a doubt crucial to the success of our students to compete for jobs. Quality education that enforces and reinf...
Rochester is well known for its ties to former slave, abolitionist, orator, and publisher Frederick Douglass, who made his home there in 1847. ...
County Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell of the 29th District and assistant minority leader, continues to make his stance clear on the importa...
Since moving back from New York City to her hometown, Michelle Daniels and her husband Eric has continued to contribute in numerous ways to peo...
By Branson Wright, The Plain Dealer On June 4, 1967 at 105-15 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, a collection of some of the top black athle...
