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.

Prior to the Civil War, there was not a structured higher education system for Black students. Public policy and certain provisions prohibited the education of Blacks in various parts of the nation, which is why historically Black colleges and universities were so important. The first higher education institution for Blacks called The Institute For Colored Youth was founded in Cheyney, Pennsylvania in 1837, making it the first historically Black college and university. It was followed by two other Black institutions -- Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1854 and Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856. By 1953, more than 32,000 students were enrolled in well known HBCU’s like Fisk University, Hampton Institute, Howard University and Morehouse College.

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history.

In the observance of Black History Month, The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM), in partnership with KSAT 12, will air the special “Family Value: Representation, Identity and Diversity of the African-American Family.”“Family Value: Representation, Identity and Diversity of the African-American Family,” will air on KSAT 12 Saturday, February 27th at 6 p.m. CST. You can watch the special on KSAT 12, KSAT.com, KSAT’s mobile phone app and KSAT-TV, our free streaming service available on most smart TVs and Hulu. “This is such a fitting conversation to have with February being Black History Month,” said KSAT12 VP/GM Phil Lane. “We should all be looking to our friends and neighbors to better understand the representation and diversity of the African-American family. Find more stories on our Black History page:

In honor of Black History Month, the San Antonio library has compiled a lineup of more than a dozen titles about Black history in the United States.

A Black History Tour will take place on the San Antonio River Walk during Black History Month.

SAN ANTONIO – Students don’t have to go far or even out of the city to attend a historically Black college. St. Phillip’s College was created and expanded into what it is today thanks to local African American leaders, beginning with Miss Artemisia Bowden. The bishop of St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church wanted to create opportunities for the children of emancipated slaves. And though the assignment was to create a grammar school, she created a vocational school, an industrial school, to a junior college,” said Dr. Adena Williams Loston, current president of St. Phillip’s College. Loston says before coming to St. Phillip’s College, she was either the first or only Black person to hold all of her positions throughout her career.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Company was recently named the best brewery in the United States in 2020 by the online magazine Hop Culture. The magazine covers the best beer, bars, breweries, gifts, and supplies in the U.S. and around the world. Hop Culture looked at more than 8,000 potential candidates and choose to highlight 12 with Weathered Souls earning top honors. Weathered Souls, located in the 600 block of Embassy Oaks on the North Side, received high marks for its craft brews, recipes and use of fruits to flavor some of its craft beers. Hop Culture writer Kenny Gould wrote that Weathered Souls’ resiliency, courage and leadership were all key factors in naming the brewery the best of 2020.

SAN ANTONIO – Park rangers from around Texas, including the Buffalo Soldier Heritage Outreach Program and the Texas Outdoor Family staff, are debuting a new series of virtual programs celebrating Black History throughout the month of February. AdThe series will culminate in a live, interactive Black History Trivia Challenge for the public at 6 p.m. on Feb. 27. “Black history is really everyone’s history, and our rangers want to support Black History Month by bringing more diverse stories to the forefront of Texas State Parks for our visitors,” said Jessica Lagalo, Outdoor Education and Outreach Manager for Texas State Parks. Saturday programs will be live-streamed at 1 p.m. from various Texas State Parks across the state, including Ray Roberts Lake State Park, Cedar Hill State Park, Brazos Bend State Park, and Tyler State Park. AdThe series will culminate in a free live Black History Month Trivia Challenge for the public at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, on the Kahoot App.

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.

A former Major League Baseball player from San Antonio says when he met the late Hank Aaron as a kid, he knew he too could break glass ceilings.