Annawon Weeden, above, notices the 'settlers' when he stops to drink water. Later, he become a whaler, telling the native ...

USA Today recently released its rankings of the best museums, and several from Massachusetts and New England made the list.

Fall River has been shaped profoundly by the Black experience, just as the city played a role in the lives of prominent Black ...

Three Massachusetts museums were recognized for their excellence. The post New England has the best open-air and maritime museums in America, according to USA Today readers appeared first on ...

Black history on Martha’s Vineyard does not begin with a proclamation, nor does it wait for February. It lives in the endurance of families who planted roots in places like Oak Bluffs when permanence ...

The museums ranked first and third place, respectively.

Sherry Pocknett made culinary history in June 2023 when she won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Northeast for ...

Black History Month is an annual monthlong celebration of African-American life, history and culture. Founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in February 1926, the observance originally known as Negro ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Creator, Great Spirit, Dear Lord Jesus. Mabel L. Avant (1892-1964) was a Mashpee Wampanoag Indian. She was born in 1892 and lived in Mashpee all her life, seldom straying far from town and never for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The new bar, which will eventually feature three slot machines built into it, plans to be open this weekend for beer and wine," ...

Months after getting city and federal approval to sell alcohol, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's First Light Casino in Taunton has now opened a bar, according to a Taunton official. "The new bar, which ...