Grammys 2023: Viola Davis gets EGOT status after win for audiobook
The actor won a Grammy Award Sunday for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir “Finding Me.”
Michelle Obama teams with Audible for new podcast
Michelle Obama’s recent celebrity-filled book tour is becoming a podcast.
‘This is real’: Sesame Street’s first Black woman puppeteer fills ‘impactful’ role
Megan Piphus Peace never dreamed she'd be working on the same set she watched as a child — and inspiring young Black girls to pursue their passions.
When will Harriet Tubman finally be on the $20 bill?
Obama administration Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had selected Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, on the $20 bill. But that was years ago.
Black Americans weigh in on what’s needed to overcome racial inequality
Many say key institutions would need to be rebuilt, and that voting is one of the most effective ways to bring about change.
Parades, festivals, expos: Black History Month events in 10 US cities
Just because your city didn’t make the list doesn’t mean there isn’t something going on for Black History Month, so be sure to check social media and search Google for local events.
Black History Month 2023 theme highlights Black resistance in America
Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses the theme for Black History Month.
Slavery reparations: How the US can follow one town's effort to right dark past
Should Black Americans be compensated for generations of oppression? From local communities to the steps of Congress, a PBS documentary airing on this MLK Day highlights the debate over reparations for slave descendants.
Young ballerinas' photo shoot takes on symbolic meaning
A group of ballerinas in Texas struck a pose, and the result was an adorable photo shoot — both fierce and meaningful.
At the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for universal basic income
Before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. was coordinating his Poor People's Campaign, a large-scale initiative to eradicate poverty in America.
Volunteers sought to clean up historic African-American cemetery for Black History month
The Enrichmond Foundation hopes to restore Historic Evergreen Cemetery to its former glory, but it needs volunteers to help clean up the 40-acre property.
Google highlights black success ahead of Black History Month
Google celebrated the achievements of black Americans with a commercial and website highlighting who and what was "the most searched."