Maryland archaeologists prepare to excavate a Dorchester County site linked to Jacob Jackson, who aided Harriet Tubman’s ...

Maryland advocates, conservationists and museum leaders said they will continue working to preserve the state’s Black history ...

For Qiana McNary, vocalist and leader of the eight-piece ensemble The McNary Experience, honoring Aretha Franklin felt like a natural, if daunting, choice ...

Soaring Heights Elementary School in Joplin, Mo. is featuring the Courage Café, a special project that highlights black historical figures, to help students learn about Black History Month.

The quilts of Harriet Powers, born into slavery, are being memorialized with “Forever” stamps as a ...

I wanted my children to understand that Black history is not just something that exists in books, or that involves only the major figures they learn about in school: Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick ...

Edda Fields-Black highlighted Tubman’s role in the June 1863 Combahee River Raid in South Carolina, where Tubman helped liberate more than 700 enslaved people from rice plantations.

Inside the auditorium of a San Francisco Victorian home-turned music school, Marcus Shelby plucked an upright bass, its ...

A large crowd gathered to hear a presentation from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black. She talked about ...

For Adrianne Jones Roderick, family is everything. Her great-great-great aunt is famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Roderick calls her “Aunt Harriet.” ...

Financial empowerment, cultural storytelling, and behavioral science combine in a landmark collaboration bridging ...

At Chesapeake Central Library, quilts tell community stories, like Bobbie Moore's military heritage piece, celebrating Black History Month's 100th anniversary.