The National Association for Black Veterans hosted its first Black History Month Veterans Recognition Breakfast in ...

Joe Perry Sr. was the first Black golfer to win the Springfield City Amateur Championship in 1953, and his legacy continues to inspire future generations of golfers in the Springfield area.

In 1925, Dr. Carter G. Woodson planned a week-long celebration called “Negro History,” first observed the following year. Today, in 2026, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH ...

Black and white residents of Springfield lived together in harmony, declared The Rev. William N. DeBerry. He doubted the Ku Klux Klan would ever establish a presence in the city. It was February 1921.

While an official selection won’t happen until January, the City Council in Springfield, Mass. appears ready to be led by a Black woman for the first time in its history. A member of the council since ...