This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers
Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.
Boys & Girls Club celebrates Black History Month with local leaders
The Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri held a Black History Month celebration recently, focusing on showing children local figures who made significant contributions in their own backyard.
Black History Month: Celebrating the innovators, teachers and legends from Chicago and beyond
CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.
Under the baobab: Black History Month events continue in Centre County
Black history is American history. The Centre County Board of Commissioners — Mark Higgins, Amber Concepcion and Steve Dershem — issued a proclamation naming February as Black
Events celebrating Black History Month on Long Island
This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History,
Brooks: America doesn’t need government’s OK to celebrate Black History Month
Famous names and famous firsts make it into the history books. The ones who lead the marches and make the speeches to the faceless crowds. But it’s the faces in the crowd who make history. If you ask historian Yohuru Williams which stories inspire him during Black History Month,
Black History Month Community Day
The Racine Theatre is hosting a Black History Month Community Day on Thursday, Feb. 27. Mboya Sharif and Mariah Jackson joined FOX6 WakeUp to share more.
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5 Things History Books Didn't Tell Us About Rosa Parks' Famous Arrest
Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday ... during Black History Month—alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman—her story is one we think we ...
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Trump marks Black History Month, reveals American icons' statues for new national garden
Statues of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Frederick Douglas, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Kobe Bryant will ...
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19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...
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Today's local history makers: We want to hear who is making Black history near you
Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass are just some of the iconic names heard during Black History Month. Those well-known changemakers shaped today's world. However ...