Black History Month

Ntozake Shange's landmark choreopoem will be performed live by ISU students on Feb. 24. It's the final installment of a month-long Black History Month series at the Normal Theater.

The celebrated former TV journalist Garry Moore will give a presentation called “Why Black History and DEI Matter" tonight at the Laborers hall in Bloomington.

The City of Bloomington has announced this year's winners of its annual Black History Essay Contest. They are all students attending Unit 5 and District 87 schools in Bloomington-Normal.

To mark the end of Black History Month, YWCA McLean County’s Allyship Institute offered a weeklong educational virtual experience that focuses on Black and disabled communities.

WGLT correspondent Randy Kindred writes about a basketball game in 1940, when Jackie Robinson and the UCLA men tipped off against Illinois State in Normal.

The end of February technically marks the end of Black History Month. But for a year-round reminder of the impact of Black entrepreneurship on Bloomington-Normal, look no further than the Gaston family.

Charles and Jeanne Morris of Bloomington have earned the right to relax in retirement as Black History Month legends and McLean County History Makers. But they're not relaxed. They're anxious about this moment in American history.

The Bloomington and Normal public libraries have interactive activities lined up for kids celebrating Black History Month. WGLT took a trip across town to check them out and chat with the librarians who thought up two of the fun and educational programs.

They may not be household names, but some of the most influential Black figures in Bloomington-Normal history will soon have their storied heard by the next generation of Black leaders.

The great-great grandson of “Free Frank” McWorter — the first Black man to establish a U.S. town — says the New Philadelphia, Ill., site deserves National Park status to further spread the story of the integrated community, and former slaves migration.