Born in a log cabin, the grandson of a slave, on July 4, 1892, Arthur George Gaston Sr. prevailed over the barriers of the Jim Crow South to emerge as one of America’s most multifaceted and ...

Sameule Jenkins and Jessica Ivey allegedly decided to let their sons, ages 7 and 10, walk home from the grocery store on their own for the first time. The decision proved deadly and now the parents ...

It all started with a burial club. An offshoot of that business is still in operation today as the Smith and Gaston Funeral home. "The funeral home was the basis of his empire," says funeral home ...