West Michigan residents looking to honor and celebrate Black History Month have a series of various activities to partake in ...

Her research specialty is the trans-national history of West African rice farmers, peasant farmers in pre-colonial Upper Guinea Coast and enslaved laborers on rice plantations in the antebellum South ...

Southern California is home to a wide variety of events that celebrate this important month, from creative workshops and live ...

With Black History Month starting Feb. 1, organizations around the Twin Cities are plotting exciting, thoughtful programming that will take place throughout the month. Since its origins in 1970 at ...

Reminiscing the anguish of the young Moomen’s desire for success, PaJohn Dadson sat among the privileged few who got to see the Accra premiere of the full production, the first in a series of world ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only be marvelled at through old photographs.

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

Economic Disenfranchisement of Black Madison" back in 2012 with the aim of preserving and sharing local African American history that he and his family have been a part of for almost a century. Over a ...

February is Black History Month, and South Florida is honoring the occasion with a variety of activities that salute the ...

On this map, you’ll find places like the African American Firefighters Museum, Biddy Mason Memorial Park and other locations ...

Steve Smith’s batting average of 56.33 is the second-best amongst the 15 batters in the 10K Club. Only Kumar Sangakkara with ...

From left, Emir Price, Zariyah Perry and Sinclair Freeman star in Soul Rep Theatre's production of "The African Company Presents Richard III." Carlyle Brown's 1988 play is based on the true story of ...