As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown grips the Chicago area in fear, a burgeoning resistance movement has also ...

William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure ...

In the 1920s, the organ played a role in a celebration of Black achievement. With the teaching of that history now under ...

President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China, triggering a trade war and ...

In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of ...

A senior U.S. official traveled Friday to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro to take back deported migrants who ...

The strong impact of African Americans in the U.S. military is evident throughout history. Colorado is home to a celebrated retired lieutenant colonel who, at age 97, is still making a difference.

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

In February, you can celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming that explores the political, artistic, ...

The admonition that we must remember the past to avoid repeating it has always struck me as strange. If human history teaches ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...