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ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University is celebrating Francis Week with several activities this week, culminating with a concert Friday. The the...

This weekend, Americans will celebrate an unofficial holiday that many people had not heard of a year ago. In this era of purposeful racial awareness,...

Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area people ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York state lawmakers this week voted unanimously to establish June 19 as Juneteent h, a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery i...

Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia M. Kelly, gives voice to African A...

In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, an educator, originated “Negro History Week.” Fifty years later it became “Black History Month.” Dr. Woodson chose Feb...

OLEAN — Over the past year, Della Moore has staged presentations, conducted events and held regular meetings at the new African American Center for Cu...

Although more than 50 years have passed since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, his words and ideals still resonate wi...