Celebrate Juneteenth in San Antonio with an exciting lineup of events set to kick off soon.

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.

Former NASA astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. said he is now working to ensure students have equitable access to education nationwide.

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, a month-long celebration returns to San Antonio honoring the rich contributions of African Americans to the city and nation.

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.

This is the story of a man who wanted more for San Antonio’s East Side.

The 38th-annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March and Celebration will return to the Alamo City.

DreamWeek, an annual city-wide summit, returns to San Antonio this Friday. The event will take place from Jan. 10-26.

The author behind the markers said his goal is to preserve Black History in San Antonio.

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.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and announced that enslaved people in the United States were free.

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.

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.

A San Antonio artist is inviting the community to see his latest artwork for Black History Month.

The Keyhole was more than a jazz nightclub; long before segregation was dissolved, the club paved the way for a sense of unity through music.

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 Classic Theatre of San Antonio is now hosting performances of Lorraine Hansberry’s drama “A Raisin in the Sun.”

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.

Shokare Nakpodia was deeply involved in what it took to stage the event that is now said to be the largest MLK Jr. March in the nation.

The 2024 MLK March and Celebration has been canceled due to icy conditions.

Kwanzaa isn’t a religious holiday but a celebration of African-American culture. It’s a time for reflection and connection.

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.

Although it's a federal holiday, there is still a lot more we need know about this historical event.

This weekend has been filled with Juneteenth events to encourage people across the San Antonio community to celebrate freedom and unity.

Suzanne Smith remembers when East Commerce street was hustling and bustling with Black-owned businesses decades ago.

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.

Other than a fireworks display at 7:45 p.m., Wednesday’s event at 6 p.m. celebrating the 125th anniversary of St. Philip’s College is sold out.

The president of St. Philip’s College, Dr. Adena Williams Loston, has come a long way from Vicksburg, Miss.

Last year, news broke that 77-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend and Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger had purchased a mansion in Florida for his girlfriend, which led to people on social media saying “Gimme Shelter” about the transaction.

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.

The Briscoe Western Art Museum is hosting events centered around the Black history of the West.

Last month’s sudden passing of Dr. Harmon Kelley, a beloved obstetrician and gynecologist, would have been harder for his patients to accept had it not been for his daughter, Dr. Margaret Kelley, also an OB-GYN.

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.

In keeping with this year’s theme for Black History Month, ‘Black Resistance at the Lunch Counter’depicts the peaceful integration of the Woolworth store in March 1960.

During Black History Month, there are many ways to honor generations of African-Americans and their impact on the U.S. while also spending time outdoors.

A Texas woman who helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday has become the second Black Texan honored with a portrait on the walls of the state’s Senate chamber.

A building just off the 1600 block of W. Poplar could be getting a historical marker in the near future, but not for being a special events venue known for its outdoor lucha libre matches.

The UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures is celebrating Black History Month with a new exhibit with quilts and a student-produced history project.

Dr. Leo Edwards has spent the past 40 years in the East Side community where he was born and raised, helping and healing.

For the first time in NFL history, two Black quarterbacks are playing in the Super Bowl. Here is why that matters.

The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum will host three Black History events this month.

For the first time, an all-female, all-Black Commander of the Airman Team at JBSA-Lackland was selected based on their qualifications and experience to lead a graduation ceremony.

View a list of some of the events going on in San Antonio and the surrounding areas in February.

It all started with one week in 1926, when one organization chose the second week of February to promote the achievements by Black Americans and other people of African descent.

A powerful musical set in the Civil Rights era is playing at the Public Theater of San Antonio.

A San Antonio artist is shining light on the strength and power of African American women in new exhibit called “Essence and Style: The Afro-Centric Woman.”

The exhibit, “Slavery and Emancipation in Bexar County,” will be on display throughout Dreamweek until Jan. 29.

The owner of a historical East Side home is working to honor its history by transforming it into a small dance studio.

Thousands of people gathered in San Antonio on Monday for the first in-person MLK March in three years.

A Northeast Side woman has been collecting donations of water every year which she passes out to participants in San Antonio's King Day march, free of charge. Janice Brock has been doing this for more than a decade.

DreamWeek has more than 200 programs during its 17-day citywide summit focusing on tolerance, diversity and equality, as well as civil and civic engagement.

VIA Metropolitan Transit will unveil its newly restored Dreamliner bus at Monday’s MLK March.

Following the same route for Monday’s MLK March, the Freedom Walk this Saturday will cover a lot of ground over those nearly two miles.

VIA Metropolitan Transit will provide free public transportation to the upcoming MLK Jr. march.

The exhibit curated by Barbara Felix and presented by the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture is free and open to the public starting January 19 through November 17, 2023.

Shokare Nakpodia was deeply involved in what it took to stage the event that is now said to be the largest MLK Jr. March in the nation.

Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the first in-person MLK March in three years in San Antonio.

The holiday season is here and the San Antonio community is coming together to remember the past, talk about the future and celebrate African American culture.

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.

Trinity University history Professor Dr. Carey H. Latimore IV died Tuesday.

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

View a list of some of the events going on in San Antonio and the surrounding areas in March.

The Bexar County Black History Resource series event will include experts from the San Antonio Public Library, the Bexar County Clerks Office, and the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum explaining how to access public records.

View a list of some of the events going on in San Antonio and the surrounding areas in February.

A new comprehensive report led by the San Antonio Area Foundation (SAAF) and the San Antonio Area African American Community Fund (SAAAACF) found that many disparities continue to affect the city’s Black community.

This year’s MLK March in San Antonio was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, but there is still a way you can get involved and help capture the history of the march.

City leaders will kick off the day’s events in a press conference at 9:30 a.m. on Monday followed by a virtual march.

Despite cancellations due to COVID-19, there are still ways to commemorate the holiday and the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

San Antonio-area artist creates first piece of public art thanks to city program.

The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) hosted Kevin Willmott, director of "The 24th" and Academy-Award winning writer of "BlacKkKlansman;" Billy Gordon, Bexar Co. Buffalo Soldiers Association; and Cedric Thomas Smith, a San Antonio-based award-winning Writer and Director.

San Francisco, Cal. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – From New York to Los Angeles, protest art has come front and center since last summer’s protests.

The house at 1115 Wyoming, a few blocks east of the Alamodome with boarded-up windows and doors nailed shut, may not look historically significant, but the Historic Design and Review Commission unanimously decided it was.

When she was 12, her childhood home was burned to the ground by white neighbors on June 19, 1939, because her family was Black.

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.

San Antonio resident Trestan Patton said his great grandfather, Joe Robert Burns, was not a man of many words, but his story is one that speaks volumes.

Juneteenth is coming up, this weekend in fact -- and for those who might be unfamiliar, the holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

The 90-minute event will feature community leaders discussing the Juneteenth holiday and what it means to them personally, as well as the relevance to the organizations they run.

The connection between baseball and Juneteenth might seem thin at first, but the two are closely connected.

On Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m., KSAT 12 anchors Isis Romero and Steve Spriester will host Trinity University History Professor Carey Latimore for the livestreamed town hall.

This year marks the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth, the day enslaved Texans were officially proclaimed free, two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved Black people learned they had been freed, is often celebrated by families across the nation -- with events including cookouts, parades or community festivals.

For the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, the goal is simple: to “collect, preserve, and share” African American history that may often go untold.

Patricia B. Dilworth, Mississippi Freedom Rider, U.S Army Veteran and San Antonio passed away on Feb. 21, 2021. SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman is being remembered for fighting against racial inequality in the U.S. and then fighting for her country with 24 years of service in the Army. Patricia Baskerville Dilworth, a former Mississippi Freedom Rider and U.S. Army veteran, died on Feb. 21. State Rep. Barbara Gervin Hawkins, San Antonio District 2 Councilwoman Jada Andrews-Sullivan, and The Mississippi Freedom Riders will present resolutions on her behalf during the service. AdWatch an interview with Dilworth and other Freedom Riders from 2019:Watch an interview with Dilworth and other Freedom Riders from 2020:Also on KSAT:

All month long, the University of Texas at San Antonio has held virtual webinars around a range of topics related to Black people, culture and the civil rights movement. AdThe meaning of freedom is always evolving“We have to include a whole range of issues in order to accommodate a constantly transforming and growing notion of the meaning of freedom,” Davis said. Davis said that through her experiences — being a child of segregation — the idea of freedom is always evolving. The power of women of colorDavis also spoke about the civil rights movement in the 1960s and pointed out how the leaders of the movement were all men. Still, the masterminds behind the scenes were women, Davis said.

Black History Month is a time to celebrate Black perseverance and achievement.

Julius Alberson was 29 when he was shot with his own pistol in downtown. This is what KSAT found from historical records.

The histories of these former San Antonio residents were among the thousands that were captured by the federal government in a collection of former slave narratives in the 1930s.

SAN ANTONIO – “Reverend Callies started marching before people even knew what marching was,” said Renee Watson, current chair of the MLK Commission. And we don’t allow him to be left out of the conversation about the MLK march.”Reverend Dr. Raymond A. Callies Sr. was known as a community activist who fought for better conditions for African-Americans in San Antonio. He studied and followed the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.“When Dr. King was assassinated, that took him to a different level,” Watson said. In 1986, then-Mayor Henry Cisneros established the MLK commission to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King through scholarships, acts of service and events. AdMORE BLACK HISTORY IN SAN ANTONIO:

Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson shares her story of music, spoken word and poetry in "Creating Black History in SA," an original segment spotlighting those making a difference in the local Black community.

Learn about how the Carver Community Center on the East Side has grown into a cultural hub in the Alamo city and how it birthed the Carver Branch Library.

The San Antonio Museum of Art hosted University of Texas at Austin professor, Dr. Peniel Joseph, for a Black History Month discussion in February.