2+ week, 45+ min ago  (343+ words) A 900-year-old Anglo-Saxon place of worship has been discovered underneath a church during excavation work. St Cuthbert's in Darlington has been undergoing a "2. 5m restoration project to make it more accessible and the archaeological discovery was made while lowering the Victorian…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1826+ words) The remains of a church more than 900 years old have been discovered in the foundations beneath Darlington's 800-year-old St Cuthbert's Church, causing a major rewriting of the town's history. The outline of a Saxon-style church, probably built around 1083, has been…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (586+ words) Claudette Colvin's bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights. Police boarded the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, handcuffs and batons at the ready. A young Black woman had…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (152+ words) NEW YORK (WABC) -- Coming up on Here and Now, we remember the life and legacy of Civil Rights activist Claudette Colvin. You may not know the name, but she was a true Civil Rights pioneer, a real hidden figure. Colvin…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (45+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death. .. Claudette Colvin, 86, civil rights icon, dies 1955 arrest helped spark…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (731+ words) A fragile glass drinking beaker and a warrior's sword are among items on display at an exhibition revealing what life and death was like in early Saxon England. The objects come from three burial sites in Buckinghamshire, and include never-previously-exhibited…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (232+ words) By Betty F. Crum and Pat Young Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters" of the American Revolution, 250 Project William Morris was born Aug. 51744, Worcester County, Maryland. He is thought to be the son of Thomas and Comfort Morris. He took the oath of allegiance…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (870+ words) 100 Years Ago April 8, 1926 Wilber Hanley was given a sentence of ten years at the reformatory at Anamosa last Thursday when he was arranged before Judge Mc Cord. Hanley is the man who broke into Dr. Lucke's office to secure narcotics....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1171+ words) The "feather-light" glass beaker found at Wendover is decorated with fine lines a modern glass-maker would struggle to replicate, says curator Brett Thorn A fragile glass drinking beaker and a warrior's sword are among items on display at an exhibition…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (282+ words) A 900-year-old Anglo-Saxon place of worship has been discovered underneath a church during excavation work. St Cuthbert's in Darlington has been undergoing a "2. 5m restoration project to make it more accessible and the archaeological discovery was made while lowering the Victorian…...