Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

"Literacy is the root of education," said Kevin Watkins, president of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP. "You have to learn ...

TSC released its 25th annual African American History Calendar, highlighting individuals in fields ranging from the beauty ...

Black history in Vermont includes some of the major events and personalities of Black history in America. The Underground Railroad passed through the Champlain Valley. Famed abolitionist Frederick ...

A new design has been chosen to commemorate the first five African American students who desegregated East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the late 1950s.

Dorothy Phillips has achieved many firsts as a Black woman in the United States - the latest of which is to serve as ...

Myths around Black History Month continue, Whitehead said, including the idea that the U.S. government purposely chose the shortest month of the year. In reality, Woodson chose February because two ...

This year in State College, Mayor Ezra Nanes issued a proclamation honoring the struggles and accomplishments of African Americans. Borough Council President Evan Myers read a supportive statement ...

Dorothy Phillips is continuing her legacy of firsts by becoming the first Black woman to lead the American Chemical Society.

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago at a South Side YMCA.

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...