The theme for our January Editors' Photo Challenge was black-and-white street photography, one of the most frequently requested themes since we started our Editors' Photo Challenges last year. We ...

The Associated Press  This undated photo provided by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History ...

Around 75 people stood in the City Hall Council Chambers, singing the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the 1900 hymn by ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

New data highlights persistent racial economic disparities in the US, showing income, wealth, employment, credit, and ...

Reporters from The Associated Press who cover the NFL have spoken to more than 65 Black players from 25 teams this season to ...

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

Orange Park's Town Hall sits on the property that was once home to the Normal and Industrial School, which was ahead of its ...

The theme was developed by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Black History Month has been around since 1926, and except for the first two years, each year features a ...

The mother of two biracial high school students filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing a Pennsylvania school district of ...

No one has played a greater role in helping all Americans know the black past than Carter G. Woodson, the individual who ...