It’s not that easy to just do away with Black History Month. Almost 47 million Americans claim African American heritage, ...

Powerful dance groups, poets, singers, and spoken-word artists made their presence known at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec. 1 a new federal holiday. Members of the ...

Members of Bus Riders of Roanoke Advocacy Group — or BRRAG, for short — shared Jumper’s story on Tuesday, in celebration of ...

Black History Month will be celebrated with various presentations at the African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society.