For many cowboy culture fans and Texans, names like Bill Pickett and Johanna July may not resonate. An exhibit at the Witte Museum called "Black Cowboys: An American Story" highlights theirs and others’ contributions.
The Wilson Pottery Foundation is dedicated to preserving and retelling the story of the first known former black slaves turned business owners; they have roots in Seguin, Texas.
Read and listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech and see images from the historic civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C.
Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church in Denver Heights.
Danielle Campbell Steans grew up around ballet and dancing arts. She started a dance studio in San Antonio, but her influence is reaching beyond the walls of her school.
Approximately 100 community members attended the Judicial Meet-and-Greet event with several past and current judges at the Witte Museum on Saturday.
This weekend, San Antonio is buzzing with excitement as it kicks off rodeo festivities and celebrates the start of Black History Month.
As Black History Month kicks off, one Bexar County judge is honoring the few black judges who came before her in a special meet and greet event.
As January comes to a close, San Antonio is preparing for a vibrant series of events to celebrate Black History Month. Lisa Jackson from the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum shared insights into the upcoming activities and her thoughts on recent national discussions.
Wednesday marked Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and announced that enslaved people in the United States were free. San Antonio organizations honored the holiday with educational events, festivals and more.
Workers took down a popular tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to make way for new artwork. The painting, installed above the N. New Braunfels Avenue bridge in 1997, had become old and faded.
A program in San Antonio is offering free mental health training to faith-based communities for people of color. The program will help break stigma and unravel generational trauma and isolation.
This is the first Black History Month in which Texas has a CROWN Act.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday held a memorial ceremony dedicating new headstones for 17 World War I Black soldiers, who were wrongly court martialed back in 1917.
George Walker probably could’ve been doing many things in his early 70s that were way more relaxing.
Hope House Ministries is a social service group on the East Side, but the building its team works out of holds more than a century of history.
WSAN radio, owned by Ronald Gordon, aims to fill a void in San Antonio's airwaves by offering music and information that appeals to the African American community.
A San Antonio artist is inviting the community to see his latest artwork for Black History Month.
KSAT spoke with Jennifer Walker, who grew up hearing stories about her great aunt Saint Artemisia Bowden, who led St. Philip’s College for 52 years.
The late Whitney Houston gave the world many great musical moments with all her talents, but arguably the biggest gift of all came during Super Bowl XV in Tampa.
Whether you feel like you have a strong understanding of black history, or you're working to learn more, we've assembled 10 facts, or anecdotes, from history.com, to help you grow your knowledge base.
A river tour, a lecture, a powerful moving play and the 9th annual children book exhibit are some of the 2024 Black History Month events that will be hosted by the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum this February.
A permanent exhibit opening Saturday at the Sutherland Springs Historical Museum will honor the people who were enslaved at the Polley Plantation, known as Whitehall in Wilson County.
The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum is getting ready to start on the first phase of its $100 million project after purchasing the Kress-Grant Building in the heart of downtown on East Houston Street.
Dignowity Hill is committed to its history but open to its evolution, according to neighbors. A unique example of that is the importance and reverence people share for The Carver, a performing arts center that was once the only library for Black San Antonians during segregation. Just blocks away, a company focused on innovation in the life sciences has become part of the neighborhood. And the latter has plans to grow even bigger roots in Dignowity Hill.
Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is among the inductees for the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday.
A retired military couple, Keith and Robin Muschalek bought a dilapidated Wilson County home in 2015. They soon found out the property was a slave plantation, and are now trying to learn more about the enslaved people who lived and worked there. The other unanswered question revolves around their emancipation: Where did they go?
In 2026, the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum plans to move out of its current headquarters in La Villita, hoping to set up shop at the Kress-Grant Building at 311 East Houston St.
For decades, much of our city’s Black history has not been told. In this episode of KSAT Explains, we look at why those elements of our city’s past are so important and how it could influence the future.
This weekend has been filled with Juneteenth events to encourage people across the San Antonio community to celebrate freedom and unity.
A thriving African American community took root on San Antonio’s West Side, especially after World War II, when many were drawn to the area by the prospect of civil service jobs.
With the first weekend of the Winter Olympics coinciding with the first weekend of Black History Month, it’s a good time to look back at how both Olympic and Black history was made 20 years ago this month at the Winter Games.
A mural downtown, called "Living In My Skin," tells the stories of 33 African American men and what their experiences have been in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Museum of Art hosted University of Texas at Austin professor, Dr. Peniel Joseph, for a Black History Month discussion in February.
In this episode of KSAT Explains, Charles Clifton Andrews, Jr. shares his recollections as part of the History Harvest with the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum
Segregation led to African Americans forming communities east of the San Antonio River. In this KSAT Explains, we explore how the city's East Side came to be.
A St. Mary's University student is researching the story of a freed slave who would become the first Black Texan to earn the nation's highest military honor.
As part of Black History Month, a bus tour will travel back in time as the San Antonio African-American Community Archive and Museum visits several locations listed in the Green Book, an essential travel guide during the Jim Crow era, on Wednesday.
Vice President Kamala Harris has had quite the rise over the past decade or so: From San Francisco’s district attorney and California’s attorney general, to the Golden State’s senator and now our second in command, right behind President Joe Biden.
Julius Alberson was 29 when he was shot with his own pistol in downtown. This is what KSAT found from historical records.
