This year marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and 50 years since President Gerald Ford extended the ...

The contributions of many Black women inventors have often been overlooked or underrepresented in historical narratives.

Jamea Jackson, a former professional tennis player who reached a career-high world ranking of No. 43, was named head coach of ...

Sheree Page becomes first Black woman promoted to captain in LVMPD Corrections Division ...

Students in Emeryville gathered on Friday to learn a lesson on the Bay Area's first Black firefighters.

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth ...

In 1938, the Owls Club, a group of talented Black women in Seattle, Washington, won the first-ever Black women’s professional ...

WISN 12 News' Celebrating Black History Month special includes stories of inspiration from the people preserving history in ...

"We don't know any Black people like that." That's what a distributor told Kathleen Collins in 1982. She died before her film ...

"If we can get to them early, if we can already be giving them literacy skills so they can read, write and spell and do it ...

Actress Lupita Nyong’o is using her platform to raise awareness around a crucial women’s reproductive health issue. She hopes ...

This February has been the 100th anniversary of acknowledging U.S. Black American history and the 50th anniversary of the official recognition of Black History Month. What explains why so many people ...