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LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal fro...

On the two-year anniversary of January 6, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will be awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for her role in protecting democracy.

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Joe Biden in a White House c...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Joe Biden in a W...

Working at a newspaper requires thick skin. I’m a columnist and lifestyle writer, so I don’t get nearly as much pushback or rebuttals as the reporters...

The Civil Rights icon will be at Island Bookstore from 6-8 p.m. on Dec. 30 to sign copies of "I Am Ruby Bridges," a picture book published this September.

Jerry Craft published the Newbury award-winning graphic novel New Kid in 2019. The novel focuses on the experience of being Black and the "new kid" at a predominantly white school.

Jerry Craft published the Newbury award-winning graphic novel New Kid in 2019. The novel focuses on the experience of being Black and the "new kid" at a predominantly white school.

NEW YORK — Ricki Fairley, a 11-year late-stage breast cancer survivor and advocate, is fighting hard to improve the chances for Black women to overcome breast cancer and to address the racial disparities in treatment. Before her diagnosis in 2011, Fairley, 66, was a seasoned marketing executive with stints at such companies as Coca-Cola, Nabisco ...

Mary Rials, 85, has designed, cut, pieced and quilted about 200 quilts since she retired from KU in 2000. Her latest, Dare to Dream, is her first quilt to tell the story of the civil rights movement.