Black History Month

One of the deadliest riots in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre took place in Tulsa, Okla., from May 31 to June 1, 1921. During those two days, a mob of white residents burned 35 city blocks and an estimated 300 people were killed after a Black teenager was falsely accused of attempting to rape a white woman.

The Association of Black Citizens of Lexington is highlighting contemporary and historical Black figures with portrait banners. Latoyia learns more about the project and its mission. To read more about the people featured on the banners, go to www.ABCLEX.org.

As Black women endure the slow pace of societal change, I encourage all of us to continue the same path of making our own magic with our finances and our lives.

Parents, students, experts and activists shed new light on the impact the pandemic has had on the Black community.

Parents, students, experts and activists shed new light on the impact the pandemic has had on the Black community.

The coronavirus pandemic has been a struggle for so many kids, but one Massachusetts boy found a way to thrive. Throughout the month of February, 9-year-old Darien Moriset taught his own Black history lessons online — proving you’re never too young to teach. The Reading boy, who says he wants to change the world, hosted a live Zoom lesson every…

The pandemic has been a struggle for so many kids, but 9-year-old Darien Moriset has found a way to thrive — teaching his own Black history lessons on Zoom every night for the month of February.

Before George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, there was Latasha Harlins. Latasha was a 15 year-old girl shot who was in the back of the head by a Korean shop owner in 1991. Her death struck a chord in the Black community, contributing to protests and civil unrest in the 1992 Riots. Now, decades later a public mural in tribute...

Stacey Abrams has helped with the unprecedented mobilization of Democratic voters in Georgia, and she’s inspiring and motivating a new generation of young women of color.

NASA is officially naming its headquarters building in Washington, D.C., in honor of engineer Mary W. Jackson in a ceremony on Friday.

It’s been almost a century since historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week, which almost a half-century later was expanded to Black History Month. And like clockwork, every February, the same question comes up: Is Black History Month still relevant?

A 1721 smallpox outbreak, one of many Boston faced in its early years, led to the introduction in what is now the United States of inoculation, a medical advancement that saved many lives. And often overlooked in the history of that inoculation is an enslaved man named Onesimus.

In 2006, Massachusetts native Stephanie Wilson made history when she became the second African American woman to go into space as part of the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery on the 13-day flight. In just a few years, she could be poised to make history again.  “The view from space is spectacular, it can be very peaceful, very serene. The...

Professors at Berklee College of Music discuss how African culture played a role in the evolution of music in our country.

Brehanna Daniels tried out to be a NASCAR pit crew member on a whim after watching a YouTube video and being impressed by the speed of the sport. She was the first Black woman in the role, but not the last. Daniels joined LX News to explain why she was so emotional to bring another Black woman into the sport...

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.