There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina is preparing to honor another year of power with the release of the 2026 South Carolina African American History Calendar. The long-running project highlights the ...

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...

Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932. Remembrance ; Turning the picture of Lincoln to the wall -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935. Will the New Deal be a fair deal? ; A Black cabinet ; ...

Hundreds of PreK-12 teaching and learning resources that support developmentally appropriate skill-building and leverage both well-known and lesser-known stories in American history are freely ...

Charles H. Wright began his life under Jim Crow segregation before going on to found what would become one of America’s first, largest, and most prestigious African American history museums. ByChadd ...

President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. The theme for Black History Month 2025 is African Americans and Labor. President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black ...

“Waiting for the Hour.” Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting on Dec. 31, 1863, where African American men, women and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few years ago. ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kenneth Harris, a 38-year-old retired veteran, lifts weights at a gym in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew ...