“Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently wrote. “Before the pen of Jefferson etched the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence across ...

What happened at the end of the African Children's Choir Sunday morning concert at First Church of God seemed inevitable. After an hour-long performance of classic hymns mixed with African percussion, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — In honor of Black History Month, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing the county’s first African American deputy, who was hired in 1968. Sergeant Louie ...

A Philadelphia native was the first African-American student accepted into the master’s program in the Biopharmaceutical Process Engineering program at Thomas Jefferson University. Nafees Norris is ...

The African Children's Choir will share African hymns and culture with Jefferson City. The choir will perform at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 16 at First Church of God, 1614 Southwest Blvd. Admission is free, ...