NEW PHILADELPHIA HISTORIC SITE – Everyone is invited to come together and celebrate the legacy of Free Frank McWorter, who purchased his freedom and became the first African American in the United ...

BARRY — New Philadelphia Association is celebrating Free Frank Freedom Day and inviting others to join in. The event celebrates Frank McWorter’s achievements as an enslaved man who purchased his own ...

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Alabama football’s offensive lineman target, Bear McWhorter is getting close to announcing a commitment decision. McWhorter is a 2026 four-star offensive lineman out of Cass High School in Georgia. He ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's City Colleges will be able to celebrate the history of Black cuisine for years to come after the family of Free Frank McWorter donated nearly two thousand cookbooks. The ...

The story of the first free Black man to found an American town has moved a step closer to history books now that New Philadelphia in Pike County has become the 424th national park. “The designation ...

Gerald A. McWorter, professor emeritus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's School of Information Sciences, with his wife, Kate Williams-McWorter, a professor in the same school. The ...

BARRY, Ill. — New Philadelphia Association Executive Director Marynel Corton hopes a new event helps build awareness of Free Frank McWorter and his story. Free Frank Freedom Day will take place Monday ...

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Saturday, June 29, 2019, 10–11:30 a.m. To be presented at the Genealogy & Local History Library at 401 State Street, Alton. Gerald McWorter, a professor emeritus of information sciences and African ...

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (KTRK) -- The man accused of killing a Channelview mother of three was arrested in Lexington, Kentucky, over the weekend. Jerry Wayne Greer, 38, allegedly shot to death 29-year-old ...

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home and Crematory from 4-8 p.m. Memorial services will be held at the Oakwood Baptist Church at a later ...