Bishop Chester Thompson spoke to the Camden Noon Lion's Club last week about local history and the work the Zion Hill Summer ...

John Thompson III had lived with his father for 14 years by 1980, which gave him plenty of time to see most sides of the man many came to know through the course of his life as “Big John”.

Passing away in late 2020, aged 78, Thompson was a pioneer credited with opening the door for a generation of African-American head coaches, with his commitment to education, racial justice and ...

They landed on John R. Thompson Jr. High School, a tribute to a homegrown basketball legend. On Tuesday, the new name garnered unanimous support in the DC Council, where a bill to rename the ...

John Thompson, Minnesota Democratic candidate for district 67A, ... “I’m not a monster, but I’m the first African American ever to hold this seat from St. Paul,” he said.

Two African-American Army sergeants, Cornelius H. Charlton and William Thompson, earned the Medal of Honor. The 1960s marked a major transformation for African-American citizens in the United States.

- John Gray. Despite the bravery of African Americans in all of America’s previous wars, despite the argument made by the NAACP and others that “a Jim Crow army cannot fight for a free world ...

In 2018, Thompson founded Voices Underground, a nonprofit creative firm that helps communities recover, interpret and honor their African American histories.The group is creating a memorial to the ...

Two African-American Army sergeants, Cornelius H. Charlton and William Thompson, earned the Medal of Honor. The 1960s marked a major transformation for African-American citizens in the United States.