Discover Black Heritage

The TDG Conference 2024 will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Watch all of the important panel discussions streamed live in the video player above from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For the first time, the free event will integrate for a fully immersed experience, inspiring men and women of color to come…

Ahead of the 284th Negro Election Day Parade, President of Salem United, Doreen Wade, stopped by to shed light on the importance of the first black voting system in America.

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We’re learning more about the home of one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England.

An incredible piece of history was recently discovered in the backyard of a Saugus, Massachusetts, resident, and the researchers who unearthed the finding are sharing its story just in time for the Juneteenth holiday. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern University teamed up and found the remnants of a home that once belonged to one of the…

Fewer than 10 Black women have spine fellowship training, and one of them is Brigham and Women’s Dr. Shaina Lipa.

Shariah Harris made history in February when she played in the U.S. Women’s Polo Championship. NBC10’s Karen Hua shares her story.

For most people, retirement is a time to slide into some hobbies, take a trip here and there, and maybe spend some quality time in the armchair. When Carolyn Doelling retired at age 70, she became a fashion model. 

Studies have shown that race and socioeconomic status can affect a person’s health. Some of that information comes from the SWAN Study: a nationwide deep dive into women’s health—now in its 30th year. As part of Black Heritage Month, NBC10 Boston’s Latoyia Edwards caught up with the lead “SWAN” investigator in Boston. And as she reports, when it comes...

When it comes to medical research and those who provide care, representation matters. Dr. Sherri-Ann Burnett-Bowie explains how her work – and her own personal journey – highlight that cause.

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AMC Theaters is celebrating Black History Month with $5 tickets to movies that highlight the Black experience.

“Speak Now” is a series that highlights the stories and identities of our employees at the NBC Boston Stations. Our Discovering Black Heritage edition shares the stories and experiences of our Black employees.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered remarks in Birmingham, Alabama, at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young black girls were killed.

Standing at the pulpit of the Birmingham, Alabama, church where four little girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb in 1963, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the nation must remember and own the uncomfortable moments of its past in order to move forward.

Social and economic pressures have long compelled Black girls and women to straighten their hair to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards. But chemical straighteners contain carcinogens linked to breast, uterine and ovarian cancers, studies show.

Black Americans endure medical racism, bias and inattentive care and are far more likely to get sick and die from common ailments.