WISN 12 News is celebrating LGBTQ+ history by highlighting notable figures and moments each day of Pride Month in Milwaukee ...

Gary Horton is “passing the baton” of the Walking in Black History trip to his daughter after helping guide three decades of the program.

Women's History Month was first proclaimed by the President Ronald Reagan nearly 40 years ago. Learn about when it began, how it's evolved and what to know about celebrating the month.

As Woodson would go on to become one of the world’s eminent scholars, Johnson’s parallel timeline saw him surface as arguably the most famous man on the planet as the first Black heavyweight ...

“It wasn’t really until the 1960s and 1970s that, sort of, after Negro History Week was pretty well established within Black institutions in the 1960s and 70s, it gained recognition sort of outside ...

A timeline of last week’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001 By Tuesday officials said the remains of all 67 people had been recovered. All but one have been identified.

Last week, the Defense Intelligence Agency, now headed by former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, issued a memo pausing all activities and events related to Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr ...

The origins of the month Black History Month wasn't always a month-long celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week.

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...