Works by Black artists on how labor influenced Black history and culture, curated by Faith Evans; reception 3-5 p.m. Feb. 16; ...

Goodwin House Alexandria hosted a panel on Jan. 30, honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through the ...

Americans don’t have royalty, a class of people considered better than others, because we don't visualize things that, unlike title-obsessed Europeans.

Let’s face it, history can seem a little boring to some. Of course, those people probably never took part in March Madness, which is included in Bill King’s seventh-grade social ...

Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day is among the dozen federal holidays per year. Banks, libraries and post offices are closed, and school is not in session on Feb. 17, 2025.

In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...

Some might have found it unlucky, maybe even a bit intimidating. But Morgan Beronius saw an opportunity. And she and her partner Gavin Molina turned that opportunity – created when they drew ...

The album dropped the same time that she played Mahalia Jackson in the film Selma, a film based on the voting rights marches in Alabama led by Martin Luther King Jr. and James ... to commemorate the ...

These days, he is right to scowl more than ever, because on top of watching Donald Trump trash precedent and common decency, ...

Each February, the African American legacy that shaped America is honored during Black History Month. Here are some places to ...