Black History Month

How did Black History Month come to be?

It all started with one week in 1926, when one organization chose the second week of February to promote the achievements by Black Americans and other people of African descent.

Celebrate Black History Month with Black Cowboy Legacy Rodeo

Can’t make an MLK Day event in person? No problem! Here are ways to serve, celebrate the holiday

Here are some ideas on how you can serve on Martin Luther King Jr. Day if you can’t make it to a live event.

A look back at the extraordinary life of Martin Luther King Jr., in photos

We celebrate Martin Luther King Day around the activist’s January birthday, which is Jan. 15.

30th anniversary of first black woman In space

In photos: The rise of Kamala Harris, our country’s first woman of color to serve as vice president

Vice President Kamala Harris has had quite the rise over the past decade or so: From San Francisco’s district attorney and California’s attorney general, to the Golden State’s senator and now our second in command, right behind President Joe Biden.

Mayor Turner, Heritage Society make special announcement about historic houses at Sam Houston Park

Megan Thee Stallion makes one Houston teen’s dream a reality

No mailing it in: Black female battalion remembered as heroes for unique World War II task

Now this is a group of brave, selfless and hardworking women.

Quite frankly, ‘Peanuts’ character Franklin had a major cultural impact

If there were ever a list of fictional beach meetings that made significant cultural impacts, then this would likely be on it. On July 31, 1968 in the famous “Peanuts” comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, Charlie Brown and Franklin met on a beach.

Earlie Hudnall: Photographer’s work captures the soul of Houston’s Black community

Freedmen’s Town’s history is buried deep in its roots

This store’s Black-created products will have you wanting all the things

These items “honor the sacrifice of Black leaders of the past while amplifying and celebrating the voices of the Black community today.”

What can the Oscars do to diversify its nominees and winners?

The Academy Awards are happening in March, and in the 94 years the event has been running, only 20 Black actors have won an acting Oscar.

Fort Bend County renames Law Library after Civil Rights Pioneer Willie Melton

Fort Bend County Judge KP George is holding a dedication and renaming ceremony for the library honoring Civil Rights pioneer Willie Melton.

31 photos you’ve probably never seen, showing Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad history

Harriet Tubman did so much for others -- she escaped slavery and went on to become a leading abolitionist, leading enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.

How Merry Clayton turned ‘Gimme Shelter’ by the Rolling Stones from good to legendary

Last year, news broke that 77-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend and Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger had purchased a mansion in Florida for his girlfriend, which led to people on social media saying “Gimme Shelter” about the transaction.