Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) are celebrating the centennial of what began in 1926 as Negro History Week. Founded by Dr. Carter ...

>> IT’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND TODAY WE’RE HIGHLIGHTING A MILWAUKEE WOMAN WHO COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF ITEMS REFLECTING BLACK MUSIC HISTORY AND CULTURE. >> TONIGHT, 12 NEWS GERRON JORDAN TAKES US ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

In 1926, African American historian Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D., issued a call for a weeklong celebration of African American history to acknowledge Black life and to bring to light ...

A plaque near a statue outside King’s Chapel, a staple of the Freedom Trail in the heart of downtown, tells a story as old as Boston itself. The statue depicts an enslaved woman holding a birdcage.

Black history has always existed. The fight has never been about whether it happened, but whether it would be acknowledged, taught, and remembered. This year at theGrio, our Black History Month theme ...

Love is the leap we must take every day if we’re speaking liberty. Hey, Beautiful, won’t you be my valentine, be my comrade, be my witness? Walk with me in love, and let’s fight for one another in ...