This is part of our annual series of places where Black History happened It must be nice to live in a world where it’s easy to secure your home, read stories on a color monitor without strain, even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black inventors and entrepreneurs have played a crucial role in shaping industries, improving daily life, and driving ...

Fall River has been shaped profoundly by the Black experience, just as the city played a role in the lives of prominent Black people.

From dry cleaning to cataract lasers, Black inventors quietly built safer homes, better health, and smarter everyday life for ...

Are you familiar with the name Alice Parker? Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas. Before that, people used firewood and ...

Black doctors faced systematic exclusion from many American healthcare institutions, despite playing a crucial role in medical breakthroughs ...

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library’s adult programming ...

Whether you’re passing the mic or coming to a safe stop at the light, remember: a Black person made it possible. What would Black History Month be if we didn’t take the time to reflect on our rich ...

Black History Month celebrates African American life, history, and culture. 2026 marks 100 years of commemorating the efforts that began by the "Father of Black History," Dr. Carter G. Woodson.

WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — A exhibit that honors and showcases Black inventors made a stop Thursday at Sage Park Middle School in Windsor. The Black Inventors Exhibit Tour, now in its 25th year, ...

While standing in line at ShopRite one night, James Howard, of Dover, came across a special edition of Times magazine featuring America’s top 100 inventors but noticed something was missing.

A nonprofit celebrating African American and Black innovation is on the cusp of opening the country's first museum dedicated to Black inventors in a New Jersey community that boasts the motto "where ...