Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

From delivering the paper to picking it up at the corner bodega to waging advocacy battles in its pages, readers from around the country recall their ties to The Jersey Journal.

February is around the corner – an annual nationally-recognized reminder to explore and celebrate Black history. This month is one of the best times to visit sites that shaped the Civil Rights ...

Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...

You'll love these events celebrating Black History Month, Mardi Gras + Valentine's Day. NowPartner #VisitMobile #MobileAL #FeburaryInMobile ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86 ...

The former Hawaii congresswoman isn’t just unqualified to be director of national intelligence, she’s a political opportunist ...

NHPR is honored to commemorate Black History Month with special programming reflecting on the African American experience.

For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...

Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician ...