Black History Month

Boston’s poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola writes and performs an original work titled “Black Beacon,” taking us through Black history in the city. It starts with a ship called “Desire.”

Paul R. Williams was the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles and the homes of many of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 20th century. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles International Airport are just a few of the designs that sprang from his imagination. But despite the...

In a walking tour, former State Rep. and activist Byron Rushing gives the history of why so many Black families moved from the south to Boston’s South End in the early 1900s.

Rep. Terri Sewell, the first Black woman elected to Alabama’s congressional delegation, reminds herself daily that her personal success is not her birthright; rather, that it was made possible only as a result of the blood, sweat and tears poured out by the women, men and children who came before her.

News4’s Shawn Yancy talks to Jennifer King about her historic promotion and the change she hopes to make in her new role.  

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls, and how they were finally recognized for their sacrifice fifty years later.

Chase Bank will double its Homebuyer Grant in an effort to foster homeownership among Black and Latino communities.

A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin is opening Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday

The brownstone mansion at 558 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, home to the League of Women for Community Service, is steeped in Black American history and was a station on the Underground Railroad. Here’s a look inside.

As February comes to a close, student groups at Suffolk University are focused on amplifying the voices of Black students and staff during Black History Month.

Purnell Steen, an accomplished jazz musician and civil rights activist, talks about the struggles Black musicians faced at the dawn of the civil rights era.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King. Madam C.J. Walker. Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler. George Floyd. These are just a handful of names that come to mind when Black leaders in Boston reflect on figures who have left an indelible mark on history. In a series of interviews, eight Black community leaders — comprised of activists, artists and professionals…

Misty Copeland inspired the next generation of Black girls as the first Black woman to be named a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. In a wide-ranging interview with LX News host Tabitha Lipkin, she talked about the people who have inspired her — from Raven Wilkinson, who was the first Black ballerina to dance in an all-white company...

The Lynn Museum is marking Black History Month with an exhibition of artifacts, documents and family items from some of the city’s most prominent Black residents. Museum Director Doneeca Thurston has been working on the exhibition since November 2019, but the project itself began in 2017 when the museum hosted an oral Black history project with North Shore Community College….

These eight community leaders feel there is still work to be done to create racial equality and equity for Black Americans. They are working to create these changes across multiple sectors in Boston.

Former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin for an emotional conversation about being Black in America and teaching Black children to love themselves.

Look at the books you read your kids each night. Who are the main characters, the heroes? Are they from a variety of different races and cultures? For Black History Month, Maria Sansone sits down with Boston Mom’s Dashanna Hanlon about top titles to diversify your kids’ favorite bedtime stories.

Elizabeth Williams, a former Philadelphia nurse and hospital superintendent, talks about fighting for acceptance as a Black medical professional in the medical system and how discrimination followed her career from hospital to hospital.

Elizabeth Williams recalls fighting through bias as a Black nurse in Philadelphia throughout the early 60s.

Elizabeth Williams, a Black nurse who had worked her way up to hospital superintendent despite overwhelming racial bias, talks about working through that bias as a young Black student going into nursing in 1930s Philadelphia.