Local Chattanooga attorney Maurice Weaver was brought into the case to represent the 25 defendants, and is featured in the ...

Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

Walter White and the NAACP,' an American Experience film about an overlooked titan of the civil rights movement.

As Black History Month returns, students at Lincoln University – the nation’s first degree-granting historically Black ...

Great Migrations: A People on The Move is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...

The roots of honoring African American’s history and legacy in this country can be traced back to 1915, although the annual observance became officially recognized by the federal government in the ...

Thurgood Marshall stands as one of America's most influential legal minds, world knew as "Mr. Civil Rights," led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education.

Inside the B&O Railroad Museum, you'll find centuries' worth of railroad history. Much of it is also Black history.

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

Dozens of community members gathered Wednesday night to discuss their visions for the future of Lakeland, a historically ...

As a Black American, I always approach February’s annual celebration of Black History Month with pride and bewilderment.