CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its origins dating back to the first African American congregations in the ...

Between 1959 and 1963, an elementary school class in West Chatham went from majority white to majority Black, and Next Voices ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Chicago's northernmost neighborhood is one of its most diverse. The area – which encompasses Loyola University ... Bronzeville became a refuge for Black Americans looking to escape persecution ...

A legal advocacy group has filed a civil rights complaint with the US Education Department, alleging a diversity, equity and ...

Spring training is underway for Chicago's baseball teams, both of which have played significant roles in the history of ...

Captain America can be an Asian man. Captain America can be a woman. Captain America could be anyone who stands for the ...

Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.

History is a bad place, often. To get an idea just how bad, let’s return to Reagan’s biography. Those of more tender ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...