Black History Month

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.

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...

Dorothy Lazard has been the head librarian at the Oakland Public Library’s history center for 11 years. Inside, there are thousands of books, photos and maps that tell the history of the East Bay. She talked to Marcus Washington about preserving Oakland’s history.

Ebony Magazine is set for a relaunch on Monday. The woman leading the brand is Michele Ghee, an Oakland native.

Hard work, diligence and perseverance are words Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ederson Lambert understands.

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?

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

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.

Because the effects of such systemic racism continue to resonate, the city of Glendale made an historic move in 2020, passing a resolution acknowledging and apologizing for the city’s racist past.

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...

Reverend Amos Brown of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church was one of eight students ever to be taught by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He worked alongside activists like Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela and Rev. Jesse Jackson. He spoke to NBC Bay Area’s Marcus Washington about his life-long mission.

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...

This Black HisNBC Bay Area reporter Cierra Johnson honors her grandmother who inspired her career in journalism.

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.  

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls, and how they were finally recognized for their sacrifice fifty years later.

Chase Bank will double its Homebuyer Grant in an effort to foster homeownership among Black and Latino communities.

A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin is opening Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday

When Oakland’s Bosko Kante slips what looks like a glowing pair of headphones around his neck, begins tapping on a multi-colored pad on his phone and starts singing in a heavily treated voice that summons the musical ghosts of 1970s funk, it’s hard not to suppress the giant grin that wells up.

Talk to the husband and wife owners of the Barber Palace and C’s Cuts and Creations and they’ll tell you how devastating the pandemic has been on them. “We lost 90 percent of our barbers,” said Seleaina Thomas-Cooper, the co-owner of the Barber Palace. “We just have two or three barbers left.” Added husband Clarence: “I was feeling like,...