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

Kerr was responding to an unsolicited email from a man named Lincoln Walker, who was hoping to get an appraisal of paintings by his father, Abraham Lincoln ... which promotes Black artists from ...

Our columnist talks with one of Black History Month’s modern-day keepers about the work it takes to remember the past – and ...

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

While Black History Month is commemorated in February, celebrating and learning more about the history doesn't have to stop ...

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

Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President ...

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

Black History Month takes center stage in many communities, including the Ashland area: a fundraising dinner for the C.B.

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

From Civil War ties to the nation's first private HBCU, Ohio's Black history runs deep. Here's what to know this Black ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...