Celebrating Black History

One of the Bay Area’s largest Black history exhibit is struggling to stay open not only during Black History Month, but all year long.

What’s in a name? Well, for the San Francisco based 3.9 Art Collective, it’s a poignant signal of the city’s diminishing Black population, and the compounded struggle facing the city’s Black artists.

The owner of Paparazzi Beauty Bar, a one-stop shop for high-end wigs and personalized beauty services, has been in business for 14 years and recently opened a new shop in East Oakland.

In the unique folds of the bicycle universe, among the brightly colored niche of what is known as the “scraper bike” – descriptions like ostentatious, overdone and lacking subtlety are often thrown around.

In celebration of Black History Month, NBC Bay Area takes a look at a Black-owned vineyard in the North Bay and a local group looking to support them. Cierra Johnson reports.

Leona Tate’s perception of race changed drastically in November 1960 — when she became one of the first Black children to desegregate New Orleans schools.

The 422-0 vote follows a long-running campaign to recognize the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

The NBC Chicago original documentary examines the 1955 lynching of a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi and the impact of his murder on the Civil Rights Movement

Black talent is still extremely underrepresented in the industry. A new JFF report highlights the importance of expanding tech opportunities for Black Americans

Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize a major collection of Black newspaper archives in hopes of making it more broadly available to researchers and the general public.

Laila doesn’t remember the exact moment she learned that she’s much more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Growing up in Atlanta, the 33-year-old was surrounded by Black women, who often spoke about the risks that people who look like her face while giving birth. (Laila requested to be referred to by her firs...

The retired Black figure skater, the first woman to attempt a quad in Olympic competition, persevered against a culture that often didn’t know what to make of the explosive athlete

A foundation has given a $5 million boost to efforts to preserve a colonial-era schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black children were taught in Virginia.