This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here. There can be a tendency to focus on telling traumatic stories during UK ...

Selia Helm was a member of the UK Women’s Basketball team from 2001-2004. She is the fourth-quickest player to record 1,000 points in program history. She is 8th in ... for UK from 1973-1976 and was ...

First celebrated in the UK in 1987, Black History Month was first introduced by Akyaaba Addai Sebo, a member of the Greater London Council. As well as celebrating Black history and culture ...

In the UK, October is Black History Month (BHM). It has been celebrated in the UK for decades now, but just what is the month all about, when did it start – and why do we celebrate it in a ...

Black history is American history, and it happens every single day. Changemakers are all around us. They make a difference from the local to the global level. During Black History Month, many ...

One thing is absolutely for certain, President Donald Trump was NEVER going to get in the way of Black folks celebrating Black History Month ... becoming the first Black woman to do so.

Saturday marks the start of Black History Month, a time to honor Black people and the Black experience. And while Black History celebrations have been held for decades, some people may not realize ...

Woodson is the reason we celebrate Black history this month, and every February ... Inventors like Thomas Jennings, the first African American to receive a patent, for a new form of dry cleaning.