Black History Month

Black history in central Ohio is not confined to museum exhibits or distant landmarks. It’s woven into houses on quiet streets, classrooms on a busy campus and buildings that residents pass every day without a second thought.

A letter from Westerville North High School Principal Kurt Yancey sent to parents said the school received "multiple reports of potential violence occurring at the event."

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.