The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.

A Jonesboro school built during segregation for Black students to have a quality education will now become a museum and community center.

Fortune was also an advisor to Booker T. Washington, ... viewers get a glimpse into the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School Institute ... which Washington founded and became president of in 1881.

Juneteenth events at Booker T. Washington National Monument detail the life of the famous author and orator who was freed in ...

The McKinney center in Jonesborough putting together an exhibit of the former Booker T. Washington school in the county.

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863, but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, ...

Wade Weller, 50, appeared in Tulsa County District Court Thursday for a preliminary hearing, where two students testified on the allegations.

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Over a dozen U.S. citizens have been swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, according to interviews, court records and news reports.