February is Black History Month, and St. Louis is dedicated to preserving and sharing stories of African Americans who helped ...

The lives of James Hanover Thompson and David "Fuzzy" Simpson were forever changed, destroying their childhood innocence.

Black History Month this year falls on the 60th anniversary of many crucial moments of the Civil Rights Movement that would ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the tragedy today.

(Stacker) – For many years, school curricula have limited their scope to the same Black figures throughout history. While ...

According to the photo's caption, pictured here are "A Rockwitz (312lbs), comedian Eddie Carvey (250lbs), David Burns (475lbs ...

Words are just part of telling a great story. In the 10 years that we have put out The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black History Month series, we also paid close attention to how we told these ...

Emmanuel George holds a deck of Black Broward Flashcards that he created to celebrate and educate about the county’s rich ...

Through the years, leaders in the community have stepped up to create museums or save historical houses belonging to ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

Sam Summers is ready to reveal his latest venture, Tom Archer's Poor Man's Country Club, under the Val Air Ballroom.

Black History Month got its start in 1926 as Negro History Week. This year's theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community work. Feb. 1 marks the ...