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

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

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 Walker, a house painter by trade who ...

When Carter G. Woodson, a towering American figure who became the second African American to ever receive a doctorate from Harvard.

While Black History Month is commemorated in February, celebrating and learning more about the history doesn't have to stop there. There are several places in Texas to educate yourself about Black ...

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

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 ...

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this month. Lincoln’s birthday was Feb. 12, and Douglass, born a slave, didn’t ...

There weren't that many Black surgeons in Washington, D.C. I'm sure that they knew who these people were. I'm sure that Abraham Lincoln ... warmly by President Lincoln. They walked around. I think ...

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