Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At first glance it may not seem like a very festive choice, but there’s a significance to ...

Nelson Mandela came to be considered one of the great global figures of his age, but for decades he was a prisoner in his own country. Branded a terrorist by South Africa’s white authorities, as well ...

February is Black History Month, and there are various events taking place in Cincinnati to celebrate the occasion.

M23 formed in 2012 when Tutsi soldiers broke away from the Congolese Army saying promises made to them in the 2009 agreement ...

Support for the Black History Month Series on WXPR comes from Crate Digger's Music & More, located in downtown Rhinelander.At ...

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

To celebrate Black History Month in Seattle, a variety of local cultural, community and arts organizations are putting on ...

Today, the term “Big Five” refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa’s most iconic animals. However, it has a much darker history. Trophy hunters in the 19th century considered elephants, ...

Prof Ogot’s liking for history was really his most known public persona. But he was truly an intercultural intellectual. He ...

Metro Detroit has no shortage of events to commemorate Black History Month, with a range of lectures, performances, classes ...

New fossil evidence from Romania suggests hominins reached Eurasia 200,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping human ...

Bethwel Ogot, a prominent Kenyan historian and scholar, has died at the age of 95. His death was confirmed by Siaya Governor ...