Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

By Eunice Hilda A. Mensah/Dorcas Stephens Accra, Feb1, GNA – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have encouraged the National ...

The letter sent to school districts suggests a willingness by the groups to take legal action to stop Texas schools from adopting the materials.

Many prominent historical figures are from the Metro Detroit area. Here’s a list of prominent Black historical figures in ...

Black History Month reminds us that it’s an appropriate time to reflect on our nation’s relentless struggles for freedom, especially those courageous people whose heroic efforts advanced the cause of ...

We have systematically oppressed a group of people for 400 years — from the slave ships of 1619 to the Three-Fifths ...

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Company railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City's Harlem for a meeting that would become a key event ...

Southern California is home to a wide variety of events that celebrate this important month, from creative workshops and live ...

Saturday will mark 65 years since four Black college students (David Richmond, Frank Mccain, Ezell Blair Junior, who is now known as Jibreel Khazan, and Joseph Mcneil) took a stand by sitting at a ...

"To be at the age when he did this, I cannot fathom how much he went through and how traumatizing it was," granddaughter ...

In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of ...