They saw themselves as Africans,” says Keith Stokes, a ninth generation Newporter and advisor to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Walking through God’s Little Acre, Powers provided a ...

Some flood maps in Rhode Island haven't been updated in over a decade, potentially leaving thousands of residents vulnerable.

Philadelphia flourishes as a center of the free black community and abolitionist movement. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey: 1790 ...

Students expressed unease that classes will lack wider perspectives from peers who hail from different backgrounds.

According to event officials, the initial plan to collect oral stories from camp Street Black Providence in the ... display that will tour throughout Rhode Island and permanent structures within ...

In Rhode Island, Italian American roots run deep, and the annual Christopher Columbus Festival in its capital city is one of ...

Gabe Amo is Rhode Island's first Black Congressman. His parents are immigrants from Ghana and Liberia, and he grew up in Pawtucket. He is a graduate of the Moses Brown School and Wheaton College ...

It is a frustrating moment for a whirlwind campaign that opened with a huge jump in enthusiasm and cash when she replaced ...

John Kostrzewa’s book, “Walking Rhode Island: 40 Hikes for Nature and History Lovers with Pictures, GPS Coordinates and Trail Maps,” is available at local booksellers and at Amazon.com.

When the Children and Youth Cabinet (CYC) of Rhode Island was founded in 2011 ... it felt like they were ‘checking boxes’ because I’m Black, I live in South Providence, and I’m a mom,” Winsome says.

An island just over eight square miles—smaller than the city of Providence, Rhode Island or Burlington, Vermont—Sint Eustatius is a tiny Caribbean spec packed with adventure. Commonly referred to ...

It includes an overview of fly fishing rods, reels and lines; essential fly fishing knots and terminology; and how to make a ...