News is honoring Black history this February, including the West Virginia Black Heritage Festival (WVBHF), which is held each ...

February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.

At Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Fairmont, Senior Pastor Dr. Mark A. Staples says that they try to share Black history all year long, because Black history is “all our history.” ...

J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

I always enjoy quizzing kids on what they’re learning about in school. Nine times out of ten they tell me something that wasn ...

Did you know the man that is responsible for the creation of Black History Month once worked and lived near the New River ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

Black herbalism: How one local woman is keeping the traditions alive WVU Tech has borrowed Summers County’s black history ...

Literacy InterActives, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Southside Virginia, is thrilled to announce the return of its Black History Month series for our community readers. The 2025 Black ...

which the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) named as the theme for this year's Black History Month. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia ...

A public art installation called “Portals” features 20 large-scale historic photographs in windows throughout Shockoe Bottom.

A push to allow African American studies as a history credit for Virginia high schoolers cleared a major hurdle Monday, with bills advancing in both the House and Senate. House Bill 1824, introduced ...