If you have ever wondered what a full day of fun, competitive bingo looks like, don’t miss the Community Knights‘ fourth annual Bingo Fest! Community Knights is a non-profit organization that uses the ...

The Trump administration is looking to change how Black history is presented at the park sites and museums under its influence. President Trump, who has eyes on the nation’s 250th birthday this summer ...

One hundred years ago, Black History Month began as an act of correction. Historian Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week to preserve Black contributions from being erased from American ...

Black History Month is a time to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements and courageous acts of people of African descent in the United States and around the world. This year, Black History month ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. One of the unmistakable throughlines of the second Trump administration is how it’s ...

America loves its heroes. The nation has made lions of the men who signed a document 250 years ago to declare independence from the English crown; it’s made saints of the 55 men who gathered in a ...

President Donald Trump announced that former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House event marking the 100th ...

This year's commemoration of Black History Month is of particular significance. That’s because it marks a century of recognizing Black people’s contributions to the country. In 1926, what was then ...

When Carter G. Woodson wrote these words in "The Mis-education of the Negro" published in 1933, he was not being metaphorical. He was being precise. A century after he founded what became Black ...

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the oldest independent museum devoted to Black history in the country, is celebrating a major milestone this year. On Monday (Feb. 16), the ...

The Office of Belonging opened its Black History Month gallery on Feb. 2, inviting students and faculty to engage with visual stories honoring Black history, faith and community contributions. The ...