Idaho Black History Museum

Idaho Matters takes a look at how Black Idahoans compare economically with the rest of country.

The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year's theme is "Black Resistance."

It really hasn’t been too long since Idaho came out from under Crisis Standards of Care.

As Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday, Idaho Matters looks back at the history of this day — which many folks in Idaho are still learning about.

Boise State Public Radio's George Prentice talks to Phillip Thompson, executive director of the Idaho Black History Museum about the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict.

Idaho has a dark history of white supremacy, a history that tragically still shows up in our story today. But just as importantly, the state is also home…

Friday, June 19 will be the 155th anniversary of a unique moment in history when, two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee conceded defeat in…

For the last week, protests have been held across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of white…

Wednesday is Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the emancipation of enslaved African…

June 19, 1865 was the day slavery was abolished in Texas and unofficially throughout the Confederate states. This day, Juneteenth, is the day America…