Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced that six state residents will receive the Order of Lincoln for professional achievement and public service.

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

A sneak peek at upcoming street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, library events, community meetings and ...

Ballantine House has been reimagined to be more inclusive, with a temporary exhibit on 19th- century Black women.

Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced singer of such hits as “Unforgettable," was born in Montgomery, Ala. How much do you know ...

(The Conversation) — As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, ...

The images we choose to honor — those we carry in our wallets and exchange in transactions — speak volumes about who we value ...

Guest speakers will visit the Lenawee Historical Society on Saturday to present on a Lenawee County "silent hero" who was ...

Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and ...

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations ...