Black History Month

Gov. Murphy also announced initiatives he said will positively impact communities of color across the state.

Advanced Placement African American Studies courses will be expanded to 26 schools in New Jersey next year.

Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties section is using Black History Month to highlight the neighborhood’s deep, historic roots.

Guest speakers coming to Wilmington include NBA star Mauhmoud Abdul-Rauf, actor Phylicia Rashad, and rapper Slick Rick.

Here are three things to know about Black History Month.

Scores of state bills aim to limit what schools can teach about race and American history. For some educators, that's made teaching Black History Month especially fraught.

We must absorb our history and gain strength from it, Sherry L. Howard writes.

For decades, Black state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to move legislation that would require New Jersey to talk about reparations.

Some longtime residents of the historically Black borough in Camden County are concerned that development is coming at a cost of the town’s history.

Chef Yuhnis Sydnor was recently diagnosed with diabetes. That spurred him to eat less sugar, fat, and salt, staples of traditional soul food.

“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

State Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker says it’s not enough to teach about racism and slavery during Black History Month.

In the months since Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, educators say they've heard a demand from students for fuller Black history lessons beyond what was already offered.

During Black History Month and beyond, WHYY presents “Real Black History,” a series looking at the struggle for equality.