Black History Month

The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus has laid out its priority bills for this General Assembly.

Granville T. Woods was a Columbus native who crafted inventions that led to the creation of the third rail, which helps to power trolleys and subway systems around the country.

Community members in Braceville opened a new museum to document the rural area’s rich Black history.

The inventor of the three-way traffic light is more than just a patent number.

The Columbus native helped the city to define itself and continues to influence artists worldwide posthumously.

With her Rising Sun Music recording series, Lara Downes lifts up the music of voices that have languished in the shadows for too long.

When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story.

Watkins is among the four astronauts who SpaceX launched as part of NASA's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.

Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.

The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which.