Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month by acknowledging prominent Black ...

This year, the event takes place in the historic and geographic heart of Springfield’s Black community, the library in Mason ...

Celebrities like Jennifer Hudson and Barack Obama emphasize honoring the past while building a better future. Others, like Morgan Freeman and Mo’Nique, challenge the idea of limiting Black history to ...

Jaelyn Jarrett remembers moving from Nain, N.L., to Ontario as an eight-year-old when she heard, for the first time, the word ...

Black Travel Maine hosts walking tours across the state to highlight untold stories and transformative moments in history.

February marks Black History Month at the University of Wisconsin, a month-long celebration centered on reflection, community and culture. This year’s theme, Black Love: Rooted, Radiant, Revolutionary ...

The City of Rochester’s Black Heritage Committee is marking a major anniversary with events, honors and plans for Juneteenth.

Celebrating black history 100 years in the making, *** living record shaped by struggle but defined by progress. I'm hopeful that it means that the next person who looks like me doesn't have the same ...

Manasota ASALH received its largest grant to date – $450,000 from the Barancik Foundation to expand its learning programs.

After collaborating with an Evanston Township High School teacher to document the Evanston she once knew, 2nd Ward resident ...

Black History Month initially started as Negro History Week, an initiative started by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Black History ...

Black music is inextricable from both Black history and American history, so an arts-influenced celebration came about organically. I hope this event broadens awareness of and appreciation for Black ...