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Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Leanna Scachetti
Several locals are involved in efforts to help tell the broader story of Norvel Lee's life.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 4:39 PM EST
|By Associated Press
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, held a celebration Monday at the White House to conclude Black History Month.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
WDBJ7 spotlighted several aspects of Black History Month over the course of February 2022, and pulled them together for a special televised February 27.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM EST
|By Will Thomas
Dr. Carnell Cooper’s journey starts small, but it didn’t stay that way.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 at 12:19 PM EST
|By Kent Wainscott
America’s Black Holocaust Museum opened to the public in Wisconsin Saturday for the first time since 2008.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 5:44 PM EST
|By Will Thomas
The Christiansburg Industrial Institute has been a staple in Southwest Virginia for more than a century.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Rachel Schneider
This Black History Month, the trio is grateful for their history and excited for the future of black entrepreneurship.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 12:42 PM EST
|By Brittany Morgan
The meeting location was the site of Civil Rights meetings in Danville
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 1:24 PM EST
|By Leanna Scachetti
The Historic Greenfield Advisory Council said it’s important to restore Greenfield’s antebellum buildings to teach new generations about the past.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 7:36 PM EST
|By Joe Dashiell
100 years ago, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux moved his office to Roanoke. Between 1922 and 1925, he produced as many as six full-length films here.
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Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Jean Jadhon
"The water fountain- black and white. It was not a very pleasant time.”
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Kate Capodanno
“He’s really the connection for the whole neighborhood. He brought the whole community together,” Anna Robertson said.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
Lt. Col. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse spoke to VMI cadets Thursday night.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
Trained as a nurse, she founded an orphanage, worked with the elderly, pushed for more schools for the African American community, and organized political fundraising.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:23 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
WDBJ7 is celebrating Black History Month, and is taking you to a business in Roanoke that has a unique story.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Michael Alachnowicz
In case you’re interested in going, things will get started about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 5:53 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
We sat down with a few leaders in Roanoke to talk about Black leadership, and the significance it holds in 2022.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 4:35 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
The center has a vision to increase awareness of local African-American history.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 5:49 PM EST
|By Rachel Schneider
Her business plan? Mixing together her creativity with a newfound passion.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 7:01 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
A cadet piper and honor guard went to the funeral to honor Tony Hamilton, class of 1979.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Michael Alachnowicz
James Mozee was a principal at Dunbar High School in the 1930s.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 4:43 PM EST
|By WDBJ7 Staff
Watch the video to see how the business is commemorating black history.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 2:54 PM EST
|By Brittany Morgan
Brandon McCall was faced with a decision at age 14 that changed his life
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 12:43 PM EST
|By Janay Reece
The nonprofit will host a number of programs for the community.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 3:54 PM EST
|By Bruce Young
The first election in Virginia in 1867 was for a new state constitution, one that would recognize the freedom of the slaves.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 9:45 AM EST
|By Glenn Kittle
Carter G. Woodson, a name that is often forgotten in black history, is the founder of this month of remembrance.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 10:40 AM EST
|By Justin Geary
The trail which debuted in 2018 and includes more than 120 sites including churches, schools, courthouses, and museums across 15 states, mostly in the South.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:20 AM EST
|By Justin Geary
“Virginia is the home to pioneers, barrier-breakers, and leaders such as Maggie Walker, Governor Doug Wilder, and our new Lt. Governor Winsome Earle Sears."
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 6:20 AM EST
|By Janay Reece
Black History Month is considered one of the nation’s oldest organized history celebrations.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 3:49 PM EST
|By Eddie Callahan
Learn about some of the Black History Month festivities around our hometowns.