Black History

A bold new venture bringing greater equity to the art of American Opera is running through Boston’s neighborhoods, on the same weekend as Juneteenth. The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is co-producing five operas in five years and each of them chronicles the life of a Black American historical figure. The first in the series of five is on Malcolm...

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is co-producing five operas in five years and each of them chronicles the life of a Black American historical figure. The first in the series of five is on Malcolm X, a work called “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X”.

Jazz Dottin stops by The Hub Today to talk about her wildly popular YouTube series about Black history in Massachusetts.

Many cities claim to have celebrated Memorial Day first, but the true earliest version of the commemoration — organized by Black residents of Charleston, South Carolina — was nearly erased from history.

The first Memorial Day, organized by Black residents of Charleston, South Carolina, was nearly erased from history. In 1865, a group of Black Charlestonians exhumed a mass, unmarked grave filled with the bodies of Union soldiers, and then gave them proper burials. LX News storyteller Jalyn Henderson speaks with David Blight, a historian who uncovered the Memorial Day history —...

Teachers have long sought ways to deliver a complete version of U.S. history that engages their young students and includes contributions by people of color

Over roughly 60 years from the 1910s to 1970, 6 million Black Americans packed what they could and took the nearest train, bus, or horse and buggy out of the South. Many were searching for better lives for their families, economic parity, to get away from Jim Crow laws — “everything that was stifling to them in the South,” said…

Over 60 years in the 20th century, about 6 million Black people moved from rural communities in the South to cities in the North and West to get away from Jim Crow laws and search for economic opportunity — including the family of NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson. She shares her aunt’s and uncle’s perspective on the history of this period,...

Mainers and others across New England are mourning the loss of Ashley Bryan, a prolific, award-winning children’s author and illustrator whose work has been displayed across the country.

Ashley Bryan wrote and illustrated over 50 books. His work is remembered for highlighting the African American experience and cultural heritage.

The Round Rock Black Parents Association mobilized against calls to remove a book on the history of racist ideas in the U.S. from the school reading list.

A record 66.6 million tourists visited New York City in 2019 and business was booming for Stacey Toussaint, founder of diversity and inclusion-centered Inside Out Tours. But when the coronavirus pandemic brought the city to a standstill, Toussaint was left to figure out how to keep her tourism business running when there simply were no tourists.

A new Broadway show opened for the first time during the pandemic, and that’s not the only reason “Thoughts of a Colored Man” is making history.

The brick foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the United States has been unearthed by archeologists at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

Critical race theory is described in many Republican circles as divisive, racist and even unpatriotic. Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island are just three of the 22 states moving to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools — something Wellesley College Dean Michael Jeffries says is an obvious and pathetic attempt to distract from the real political...

On the 96th anniversary of Malcolm X’s birth, family members are working to preserve a little-known piece of the civil rights leader’s history — his last boyhood home in Roxbury.

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.

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...

Imagine it’s the 1940s and you’ve given years of your life to redesigning one of the most iconic hotels in the United States.
Imagine it’s then hailed by your peers as a modern-day marvel. Now, imagine you’re not even allowed to stay there because you’re Black.