Editor's note:The Courier & Press and The Gleaner are marking Black History Month with a collection of stories about people, places and events from local Black history. EVANSVILLE − Dr. George ...

A veteran of the renowned 102nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, George Washington Groomer settled in Rockford after the war, raising a family and working as a laborer.

It's the first year of Iowa's official George Washington Carver Day on Feb. 1. Carver was Iowa State's first Black student and later, first Black faculty member.

Like many other black Americans, each year, I welcome Black History Month with an eye roll and a sigh. Since its creation in 1970, Black History Month has been a sort of cultural ritual within the ...

Black History Month started as “Negro History Week” in 1926, instituted by historian Carter G. Woodson’s Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The week’s purpose was to recognize the ...

It wasn't until the 1970s when Black college students and professors at Kent State University in Ohio pushed to expand Negro History Week to a month Dr. Carter G. Woodson was born the son of ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Despite rumors and misinformation, President Donald Trump recognized February 2025 as National Black History Month. As White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt promised ...

WASHINGTON — Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month –- a celebration of Black history, culture and education.