As the name implies, Black History Month celebrations typically focus on past achievements and stories. This year, the Atlanta Hawks want to recognize local Black creatives currently making an impact.

Feb. 13 event to focus on 'performative versus meaningful action and engaging with this work beyond Black History Month' ...

Ball owned a 7,500-acre farm outside of Tallahassee that ... Ford was already a history maker before he became the first Black mayor of a U.S. state capital city in 1972. Ford had broken through ...

Feb. 13 event to focus on 'performative versus meaningful action and engaging with this work beyond Black History Month' ...

Today we head back to Indianapolis with the podcast Urban Roots. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Jean Spears was a young mother ...

Save the date for #ThisIsTucson's third annual market featuring 100 vendors, food trucks, live music and more on Feb. 22 in ...

The pioneering director of New Jack City and Posse discusses his unusual childhood, his relationship with Hollywood decision-makers, and why his director father Melvin doesn’t have a star on the Walk ...

The most recent marker — added in August 2024 — was for Mary Jean Price Walls, the first Black applicant ... the history, verifying details so the words chosen for the maker not only make ...

Roots, Americana, bluegrass, Black folk, gospel, jazz ... Amythyst is an historian, and a history maker. A storyteller, and a story herself. She is an artist, a songwriter, and her canvas is life, her ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...