Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

It blended the Republican saying with a 'Bloody Sunday' photo and was funded by Museum of Fine Arts. It has since been ...

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Sewell wants Dec. 1 to become “Rosa Parks Day” to commemorate her ...

Black History Month will be celebrated with various presentations at the African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society.

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture ...

An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into ...

Mary Kearney was a leader of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit depicted in the Tyler Perry movie “The Six Triple Eight” released on Netflix.

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