In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

Frederick Douglass, a native son of Talbot County and a leading African American abolitionist, writer, orator, and newspaper ...

Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) notes that the theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the ...

The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.

The Maryland Department of Transportation on Thursday unveiled a roadside plaque in honor of Frederick Douglass at the ...

James Baldwin's wardrobe was a form of code-switching, a sartorial dialect he adapted to navigate different worlds.

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

The city of Baltimore and three civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn two executive orders issued in recent weeks by the administration of US President Donald ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A small Black community in Anne Arundel County goes back to the 1800s. Wilsontown, in Odenton, was where Quakers and freed slaves worked and lived together. However, its ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A beloved Maryland figure skating coach who was killed in the midair plane crash over the Potomac River was remembered for his drive, determination and work ethic.