Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked up to the lunch counter of a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and changed the course of history. Joseph ...

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

A coalition of legal organizations on Thursday called on Texas school district leaders to reject the adoption of a recently ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The sermon reminded many Americans what public religious faith looked like in the not-so-distant past, when the Episcopal ...

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