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.

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

Explore NCCU's permanent collection, watch documentaries at NCMA, go to a jazz concert, and more local ways to honor the ...

Black History Month, Sopris Sun illustrator Larry Day will highlight an influential African American person each week, ...

Black history IS more than slavery. It’s more than Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Both iconic figures, but it’s also ...

Donald Trump's executive order dismantles diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across federal agencies, impacting ...