These are just a few Black history fun facts plucked from the book “Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies.” We hope it's a good start — but, it's just a start.

A worker fired from General Mills says the company retaliated against him after he reported "offensive" Black History Month ...

Interesting Black History Facts Society. 1. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," started the first ...

February is Black History Month and we celebrate the many people who changed the course of history. What started out as “Negro History Week” by historian Carter B. Woodson in 1926 was ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It is day 21 of Black history month and here is your Black history fact of the day. On this day in 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated. Malcolm X was known ...

If you have been enjoying the daily local Black history facts brought to you by the Rockford Register Star and Rockford Public library in honor of Black History Month, you can thank Jawaun Walters ...

Here are a few of the “100 Amazing Facts About the Negro” that Henry Louis Gates Jr. brings to our attention in his new book: • Nearly 8 million white Americans have hidden African heritage ...

100 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. Pantheon. 476 pages. $40. Here are a few of the “100 Amazing Facts About the Negro” that Henry Louis Gates Jr. brings to our ...

But there are five, little-known, Black History facts you might have missed that will help explain why the movie is one of this year’s most important Black TV/movie moments.

If you have been enjoying the daily local Black history facts brought to you by the Rockford Register Star and Rockford Public library in honor of Black History Month, you can thank Jawuan Walters ...

Here are a few of the "100 Amazing Facts About the Negro" that Henry Louis Gates Jr. brings to our attention in his new book: Nearly 8 million white Americans have hidden African heritage. That ...

In 1834, Lewis Lemon, who was once enslaved, became Rockford's inaugural Black resident. He went on to achieve success as a businessman until his passing at the age of 65 in Rockford in 1877.