To celebrate Black History Month, let’s look back at the important role Detroit had in the Underground Railroad in the 1800s.

Being Black in America is an honor and a privilege. Black people in this country have endured and overcome so much while simultaneously contributing to every aspect of America’s foundation, culture ...

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A County community is kicking off Black History Month by hosting a commemorative walk and paying a "tribute to the past".

This February, join the Ontario Heritage Trust to celebrate Black History Month with events and programs at the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History.

1. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," started the first Negro History Week in 1926 to ensure ...

A heritage tourism trail proposed across New York state would include Amsterdam and other Montgomery County communities.

Located about an hour’s detour away for travelers driving Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, present-day Tehachapi owes its existence to the railroad. While the Kawaiisu people ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...

ROCKY HILL, N.J.—Jeff Bernardis had to keep the trains running on time. Perched at a bank of computer monitors, he relayed orders to the engineers of nearly a dozen trains ferrying oil, beer ...

ABB and Epiroc have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance collaboration on underground trolley solutions for the mining industry. The partnership aims to deliver extensive and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South African officials have arrested more than 100 miners who had been trapped in an illegal gold mine and ...