Black History Month

MI cemetery added to Underground Railroad network

Top Black History Month Headlines

New show at Opera GR shines light on racial injustice

Murdered civil rights leader’s legacy still visible …

The barriers Black Americans face to trace family …

News 8's Whitney Burney speaks with genealogist Cynthia Bailey. (February 2022)

Honoring Black History: Mind, body, soul

HBCUs: The roots of Black education in America

Lee and Tonia Moyer speaking to News 8. (Feb. 24, 2022)

For West MI percussionist, jazz is more than music

More Black History Month

Grand Rapids streets renamed to honor civil rights …

The intersection of the newly renamed Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Grand Rapids. (Feb. 22, 2022)

Professor’s book spotlights Black history in Grand …

Historian Randal Jelks joins the WOOD TV8 Digital Live Desk via Zoom on Feb. 21, 2022.

W MI doctors working for a diverse future in medicine

Michigan museums honor Black History Month

Black-owned funeral home persevered through prejudice

Brown's Funeral Home in February 2022.

How a Black GR dentist pushed forward civil rights

Plans unveiled for Kalamazoo Black History Museum

Rev. William Stein explains the proposal for a Black history museum in Kalamazoo. (Feb. 14, 2022)