Standing at 1719 Avenue A in Lubbock, the Caviel Museum of African American History stands as a testament to the power and ...

February 17, 2026 The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland Read more ...

Edward Weng Edward Joseph Weng, 90, passed away peacefully at home on January 29, 2026. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Marie Weng and brother, Robert ...

Dr. Gladys Mae West, a pioneering mathematician whose little-recognized work in a Naval lab helped create GPS, died Jan. 17 ...

US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology. She was one of ...

Gladys Mae West, key to GPS development, died at 95 in Fredericksburg, Virginia Born in 1930, she earned scholarships to attend Virginia State College, a black university West became the second black ...

The Cotton Club at Sixth and Mound streets in Cincinnati’s West End attracted major jazz performers like Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

West, 72, is alleged to have groomed the 20-year-old prisoner for weeks before launching her attack. West was jailed for life in 1995 after helping her husband, Fred, commit at least 9 murders between ...

Gladys Mae West, a mathematician whose work played a critical part in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite mapping system that is used by billions, died on January 17 ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) has launched an official inquiry into the abrupt termination of dozens of Indian American employees at Fannie Mae following allegations of ...