Black History Month goes back nearly 100 years, and is celebrated in February in New Jersey with various events.

WISN 12 News is celebrating Black History, highlighting important facts and figures each day of Black History Month.

Poet Abi Olufeko, left, hugs artist and curator Michelle Pace, right, after she recited a poem at the 2025 Martin Luther King ...

Over 50 years ago, black Americans began to inform the public as journalists and news anchors. Some breaking barriers and ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

Black History Month 2025 comes when diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are under attack from the second Trump ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the month dates ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures Jackson, McMaster and White offer ...

The memo from new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth comes amid President Trump's ongoing campaign against diversity, equity and ...

CBS News Colorado is excited to continue its Elevating Black Voices series with multiple new reports every week about the ...