From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...

Washington County designates February as Black History Month, emphasizing African Americans' contributions to labor.

California is marking Black History Month with several events that celebrate the contributions of Black Americans throughout ...

Nick Kennedy is a high school English teacher from California’s Central Coast and a student in the Learning and Teaching in Social Contexts doctoral program through the University at Buffalo Graduate ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

Inside the B&O Railroad Museum, you'll find centuries' worth of railroad history. Much of it is also Black history.

When the 18th century church planter, evangelist and foreign missionary George Liele was imprisoned in Jamaica, he spread the ...

America’s history is as complex as it is beautiful—a kaleidoscope of triumphs, trials, terrors and truths. Yet, for far too ...

National World War II Museum visitors can learn about the contributions, struggles and victories of Black Americans during ...

Black History Month wasn't always a month-long celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...