Scheduled to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, Black History Month began as Negro ...

Black History Month might be drawing to a close in the US, but it’s still a long way off here in the UK. We celebrate Black ...

"It's important to celebrate Black History Month because it is a time to reflect on how far we have come as a community." ...

Nonprofit organization Summerville Juneteenth is releasing a new book titled "African Americans on Tour: History, People, and ...

On February 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Andrew Brimmer as the first Black governor of the Federal Reserve ...

Details: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Cincinnati Shakespeare Co., 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Runs Feb. 28-March 23. $16-up.

New Orleans housed Louisiana’s first freedman’s bank, but in 1870 Shreveport was added to the list of cities. Freedman’s ...

How far and how wide Lift Every Voice and Sing resonated was a surprise to its creator. James Weldon Johnson wrote in his ...

The Lincoln Police Department is investigating a suspected arson early Wednesday morning in northeast Lincoln that is possibly connected to two other arson investigations in the same area.

These courageous efforts, led by a group of activists, laid the groundwork for future civil rights campaigns in the city and ...

Last week was the coldest of the year in Lincoln, with low-temperature records tied or set on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.