Black History Month

An unveiling ceremony was held on Wednesday recognizing the significant contributions of San Antonio Lodge No.1, the first Masonic Lodge for African Americans in Texas.

A capital campaign to convert a downtown KRESS department store building into a museum is in phase 2.

Rodney Hawkins has a new exhibition called 'The Mount Experience' at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.

Black History Month events around San Antonio celebrate Black contributions in film, literature, artwork, theater, business, and civil rights for the U.S. broadly and San Antonio specifically.

Happy Black History Month! Read here for NPR's music, podcasts and stories for the month.

The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year celebrates "African Americans and the Arts."

Scott Joplin was born in Texas and became one of the most famous musicians in America by the turn of the century, only to die penniless and forgotten in 1917. His story is told on TPR Classical's African American Voices series.

Langston Hughes is best known for writing powerful poetry and prose, but he was also an opera librettist.

February is celebrated across the nation as Black History Month, and in San Antonio, that history runs deep.

While February is formally recognized as Black History Month, the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum believes Black culture should be celebrated year-round.