Edith Renfrow Smith, the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a longtime Chicago schoolteacher, remained mentally sharp well past 100, becoming the subject for medical ...

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The family of Sydney Marquez said this weekend that the 24-year-old Texas A&M graduate reported missing in Houston three weeks ago is now safe. In a video posted Saturday night, Marquez's mother Luz ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, the granddaughter of slaves, died at the age of 111. In 1937, she became the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa. Grinnell College honored her by awarding ...

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who escaped bondage with a group led by abolitionist John ...

Edith Renfrow Smith was born in Iowa two weeks before the start of World War I. Her earliest memories involve the end of the war in 1918 and a neighbor who came home having lost both legs. She met ...

HOUSTON — Sydney Marquez, 24, has been found again and has been in contact with her family, her relatives confirmed to KHOU 11 on Sunday. She was first reported missing three weeks ago. Then on Friday ...

Edith Renfrow Smith died Friday at her home in Chicago. She was 111. In addition to a notably long life — she was one of a very small number of "supercentenarians," or people who live to at least 110 ...

Marc Marquez admits his physical health will ultimately decide when he brings his MotoGP career to an end, with several major crashes having taken a toll on his body. With nine world championships ...

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