The youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. The first known Black female tattoo artist. And more, chosen by columnist.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Food trucks, airplanes, live performances, visual art, a Black History Month celebration and more this weekend.

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

In February, you can celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming that explores the political, artistic, ...

Economic Disenfranchisement of Black Madison" back in 2012 with the aim of preserving and sharing local African American ...

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK ...

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material ...

Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.

The president's actions — and the speed with which he is moving — demonstrate he is determined to implement policies that ...

Today, nearly half of the crisis-affected school-aged children globally live in sub-Saharan Africa ... all while a few hundred billion dollars could secure a quality education annually for children ...