Black History Month

Sablan Pascale was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

7:00am March 12, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Sablan Pascale was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

Chenita Johnson poses with her book about African American history in Winston-Salem

Race
Books

Winston-Salem native documents African American 'firsts' in the area

4:31pm February 23, 2023

by Amy Diaz

After more than a decade of research and writing, a Winston-Salem native has published a history of African American "firsts” in the area dating back to 1763.

The Woodson family members at the Woodson reconciliation ceremony in 1998.

National

1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals

10:03am February 19, 2023

by Sandhya Dirks

In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.

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Central Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library

Race

Winston-Salem African American Archive programs will explore local Black history

4:18pm February 13, 2023

by Amy Diaz

The first African American Resilience history program will be hosted at the Central branch of the Forsyth County Public Library next week.

National

A Black History Month-themed police car in Miami draws criticism

3:26pm February 04, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Some community members describe the cruiser as tone deaf and ill-timed, given tensions with police around the country. Miami police said they stand by the decision to unveil the special design.

Students from the A&T Four Middle College pose by February One Monument

Guilford County students honor legacy of the A&T Four civil rights activists

4:29pm February 02, 2023

by Amy Diaz

On February 1, 1960, four Black students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took a stand against segregation.

Vice President Harris (center) marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

It's Black History Month. Here are 3 things to know about the annual celebration

5:26am February 01, 2023

by Scott Neuman

The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year's theme is "Black Resistance."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state rejected the African American studies course because education "is about the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of ideology or the advancement of a political agenda."

Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies

5:31am January 27, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.

Post racist attack in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American National Red Cross Photograph Collection.

Education

Why does Black History Month matter?

1:29pm February 26, 2022

by Sandhya Dirks

There is an ongoing debate as to whether U.S. history segregates Black history in February or whether Black History Month brings forward necessary untold stories.

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The Historic Magnolia House returns to its roots as a bed and breakfast

2:39pm February 25, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

During the Jim Crow era, the Historic Magnolia House was a Green Book site and hosted Black writers, athletes, and musicians, from James Brown and Tina Turner to Jackie Robinson and James Baldwin.

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