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The passing of Iris Banister, known as the "Queen Mother" of Rochester, has left a void in the hearts of many in the community. Her...

Did you know that Black History Month was once Negro History Week? The first Negro History Week was established on February 7, 1926, by...

The passing of Carolyne Elizabeth Blount, a co-founder of "about...time Magazine", a groundbreaking publication in Rochester that focused...

The first Kwanzaa celebration at City Hall in Rochester, organized by Mayor Malik Evans and the Rochester Kwanzaa Coalition, marks a...

The Rochester City School District, announced on September 28, 2023 the Board of Education has voted to rename John Walton Spencer...

On Saturday, August 26, three African Americans were murdered by a 21-year-old white gunman at the Dollar General Store in Jacksonville,...

The descendants of Henrietta Lacks on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, said they reached an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company...

The Honorable Maria Cubillos Reed became the first Latin-born immigrant to serve as a Monroe County Family Court Justice upon taking the...

This Tuesday, July 4, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Genesee Country Village & Museum welcomes visitors to kick off the summer season with...

Just for the Record It was in the Dred Scott Decision issued on March 6, 1857, that Chief Justice Roger Taney of the U. S. Supreme Court...