The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art ...

February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this ...

Here, MassLive is highlighting 10 people — including educators, artists, businesspeople and advocates — identified for their ...

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the ...

The week before Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s birthdays, Opera Lafayette — best known under founder Ryan Brown for performances of French baroque ...

From the editorial: "In Duluth, our annual community (commemoration) could be held at the Harrison Community Center, named ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

Camille Taylor of Not In Our Town BN weighs in on the value of Black history and diversity, stating "Knowledge is power." ...