WMU alumna and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Karika Parker uncovered Albert White's lead role in building Heritage Hall. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At the turn of the 20th century, long before the Civil Rights Era, a ...

UPDATE: This story was updated to reflect Merze Tate was the first Black student ... to honor the brick mason who oversaw construction of the university’s first building, Heritage Hall.

It’s Black History Month ... Ms. White said she was also excited to highlight a different way of building wealth. Ms. Mason worked as a midwife and a healer who used herbal remedies her enslaved ...

The Mason Square Neighborhood in Springfield is named after Springfield’s first Black ... house on 74 Walnut Street in Springfield and founded the home. They then expanded to a 30 bedroom ...