Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

From skilled artisans and domestic workers to industrial laborers and business owners, Black Virginians played a pivotal role ...

Estevan Park in Tucson is named after the first African American explorer of the southwestern United States, and some call him one of the greatest explorers of all time.

An early news account that quoted participants themselves appeared Feb. 18, 1895. That year, a tribe from downtown took the ...

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...