Black History Month 2023 theme highlights Black resistance in America
Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses the theme for Black History Month.
Slavery reparations: How the US can follow one town's effort to right dark past
Should Black Americans be compensated for generations of oppression? From local communities to the steps of Congress, a PBS documentary airing on this MLK Day highlights the debate over reparations for slave descendants.
Florida Highwaymen art exhibit explores artists personal reflections
The Florida Highwaymen are known for their beautiful paintings of landscapes. The group of 26 African American artists got their start in the 1960s in Ft. Pierce during segregation. Because they were Black, they were not allowed to display their paintings in art galleries.
5 Black innovators who reshaped American gardening and farming
Many agricultural practices, innovations, and foods that traveled with enslaved people from West Africa — or were developed by their descendants — remain unsung. Learn about five early Black innovators whose contributions reshaped the agricultural landscape.
Building named for first Black student in Seminole Public Schools
The student who launched the integration of Seminole County public schools now has a building named in her honor.
How Muhammad Ali, African American Muslims established Houston’s most historic mosque
In January 1978, a former Christian Science church on Third Ward, was purchased and turned into Houston Masjid Al-Islam with funds donated by late heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali and his manager, Jabir (Herbert) Muhammad.
Art encompasses Black History
An Altamonte Springs artist celebrates Black History in everything she does. Haitian-born artist Lori Saint Rome brings the vibrant colors of her country to the canvas.
Efforts underway to preserve last home in Rosewood following 1923 massacre
The niece of a woman who survived the Rosewood Massacre in Florida is working to preserve and relocate a home from the community and turn it into a museum.
Tubi honors Black History Month with new, original movie ‘Howard High’
“Howard High,” which premieres on FOX’s free streaming service Feb. 4, follows a high school musical group that must compete against a rival school in order to save their arts program.
‘Black Minds Matter’: Focusing on mental health and African Americans in February
This year’s theme for Black History Month, “Black Health and Wellness,” is more important than ever during the pandemic, but many advocates say it’s also meant to call attention to the growing mental health issues many Black Americans face.
Young boxer making history, lifting people up along the way
Omari Jones is already making history in the boxing world as the number one amateur boxer in America in the welterweight division and has the championship belt to prove it. Boxing is his passion.
Young boxer making history, lifting people up
FOX 35 News interviewed a 19-year-old athlete who has been boxing since he was eight years old. Omari Jones is already making history in the boxing world as the number one amateur boxer in America in the welterweight division and has the championship belt to prove it.
Black History Month honors medical pioneers for 2022 theme
Charles Drew, Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Daniel Hale Williams are just a few of the practitioners who revolutionized modern medicine.
Riverdance tour 2022 includes group's 1st Black female dancer
Morgan Bullock has been dancing for years, but her popularity exploded recently when TikTok videos of her high kicking and tapping to Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat and SZA went viral.
Black History Month: Ways to celebrate Black excellence in America
There are a bunch of ways to celebrate Black History Month in your own special way, but here are a few ideas to get you started.
Black History Month: When and how it got started
Black History Month began as Negro History Week in February 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson.
Black History Month 2022 to celebrate 'Black Health and Wellness'
Black History Month 2022 starts on Feb. 1, and this year’s theme aims to focus on the importance of “Black Health and Wellness.”
Public, NAACP urge Volusia schools to continue Black history education amid critical race theory ban
February marks Black History Month – the first since Florida banned critical race theory in classrooms. Now some fear Black History Month will also be erased.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with female-centric films, documentaries and directors
Here are some free and on-demand films and documentaries to watch on Tubi in honor of Women’s History Month, a time to honor the vital role of women in American history.
UCF Gospel & Cultural Choir records Black National Anthem in honor of Black History Month
Choir members said they chose to record "Lift Every Voice and Sing" because of the pandemic and the social and political climate of the last year.