From shoes and T-shirts to dolls and tote bags, more companies and brands are getting into the business of Black History Month but trying not to leave the impression that African American consumers are important just once a year, according to NBC News.

In the heart of Perth-Amboy, New Jersey, sits a cemetery where Thomas Mundy Peterson is laid to rest. In 1870, he became the first African American to vote in an election. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

In an interview with NBC 5’s Laura Harris on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, actress Taraji P. Henson talks about Black History Month and says her favorite role has been Katherine Johnson, in “Hidden Figures,” because, “it’s had the most amazing, positive impact on our community and girls in general.”

NBC New York’s Janice Huff tells the story of June Bacon-Bercey, the first African-American woman to be an on-camera meteorologist who became interested in studying the environment after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in WWII.

Bellen Woodard was in third grade when she came home with a question. “My friends, they always called the peach crayon the skin-colored crayon,” she recalled. Why? She handed over the crayon but it made her feel “weird.” Her mom suggested that next time she hand over the brown crayon, “because our skin color’s brown.” Bellen had another idea....

For the first time in its 175-year history, a show will be put on featuring dancers of color. NBC New York’s Jamie Roth reports.

Deborah A. Batts, the nation’s first openly gay federal judge, has died. She was 72. Batts was found dead on Monday, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti on charges that he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels, a former client, of proceeds of a book deal. No cause of death was…

To mark Black History Month, Comcast’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement project is profiling a series of noteworthy figures from around the country, sharing their recollections on the legacy and impact of America’s civil rights champions. Carla Harris, Managing Partner at Morgan Stanley, was barely a year old when the March on Washington occurred, yet she recognizes the...