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Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1972, is a step closer to being recognized as a saint.

The Diocese of Jackson – where she was born, became Catholic, and later served as an intercultural consultant – has completed the initial phase of her canonization process. This included researching and documenting her life and virtue.

By Jane O’Shea for Newsbreak

The Slave Who Changed History

Born into slavery and moved constantly across a chaotic nation, Dred Scott’s life drifted on the currents of shifting laws, military posts, and bitterly contested ideas about freedom. Long before his name arrived in the Supreme Court, Scott’s life showed how slavery operated across borders, territories, and jurisdictions. His story is best followed as a chain of relocations, ownership changes, and legal decisions.

Image: Schultze, Louis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

By Kya Kelly for Newsbreak

For centuries, Black innovation has powered daily life in ways that rarely receive the credit they deserve. Not because the work wasn’t groundbreaking, but because history has a habit of separating brilliance from the people who produced it.

By Miles Brucker | Newsbreak

The American Emancipator

The people called her Moses. Like the Old Testament patriarch, she led an enslaved people out of bondage. The mysterious spells she suffered, replete with visions, brought a sense of spiritual urgency to her work, and only added to the belief that Tubman was on a mission from God. Tubman spent her whole life—nearly 100 years—working to improve the lives of society’s most marginalized people. She freed thousands, she said, “but could have freed a thousand more, if they only knew they were slaves.”

February 2026 Newsletter