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Black Sports Hero Marshall Major Taylor Receives a Praised New Biographical Novel that Gives Major and His Contemporaries Voices.

Premieres Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. The story of how the American Bald Eagle soared to its vaunted perch in American iconography. Learn how it became an iconic symbol of patriotism but also of environmental activism and Native American traditions.

The band — displaced Southerners lured to Chicago for a better life — became a touchstone for musicians including Jon Langford, the Bottle Rockets, Robbie Fulks and the Handsome Family.

Manchester, a city that is a hive of hospitality activity, is about to welcome a new upscale hotel, known as The Reach at Piccadilly.

Legend has it that Henri Desgrange, creator of the Tour de France, once paid cycling’s first Black world champion with 10-centime coins, so many that Major Taylor needed a wheelbarrow to cart the coins away. Is there any truth in this myth?

“It’s always a special honor to have the faith and support of neighbors and members...

“It’s always a special honor to have the faith and support of neighbors and members...

The candidates for the Board of Education responded to questions from Hearst Connecticut...