Many of the products people use everyday were created by African Americans. Things such as stop lights, hair products, and peanuts are just a few things African Americans created. Marie Van Brittan ...

Even though a full-throated appreciation for Black History Month is an important endeavor for anyone who loves history and wants to practice anti-racism, we often place importance squarely on the past ...

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (WWLP) – The Presidents’ Day start to school vacation week merged seamlessly with the final week of Black History Month at the Springfield Museums. 22News found visitors from far ...

Smithsonian’s Eric S. Hintz, a historian of invention, details how scholars are envisioning a more inclusive ecosystem for the innovators of tomorrow Scholars say that Afrocentric notions of invention ...

This story appears in the February 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Each February, in observance of Black History Month in the United States, we revisit the stories of notable African ...