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Chelsea Rose talks with researchers offer historical context and education about the history of Black Americans in Oregon.

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but shining moment injected fun back into a scene in transition.

The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History Month

A new book by Ginette DePreist - “Reach Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist” - describes her late husband's key role in the growth and development of the Oregon Symphony. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently visited Ginette at her apartment in Portland and had a conversation about the book, and James' musical legacy.

The Department of Education's efforts to keep racial diversity out of schools has left educators wondering how and when to teach students about Black history, especially during Black History Month.

Signs of long-ago human habitation have been found in both Oregon and New Mexico, and New Mexico currently holds an edge: footprints that may date back to the last ice age.

Anthropologist study Native diets