Black History Month

The Casper Air Army base played an outsized role in the city during World War II, but did you know it also was a significant part of its Black history? A recently unearthed newspaper column chronicled the Black GIs stationed there, and its discovery shocked the son of its author, who had no idea of his father’s history there.

The Wyoming State Museum's traveling exhibit on black homesteaders, "Empire: A Community of African-Americans on the Wyoming Plains" is on display now at…

At the University of Wyoming Student Union, a long line of students made their way down a row of tables, carefully examining artifacts, many of them…

February is Black History Month, and an exhibit at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper is displaying photos and artifacts of a…

In 1969, fourteen African-American football players were dismissed from the University of Wyoming team because they wanted to wear black armbands as a…

The University of Wyoming Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue wrap up this weekend. The event’s keynote speaker was Franchesca Ramsey, a comedian,…

A new documentary will air on PBS that tells the biographical story of Clara Brown, a former slave who came west and made a fortune. The film Clara: Angel…

PBS will air a documentary created by Wyoming native Patricia McInroy. Her film Clara: Angel of the Rockies was the winner of PBS’s “To The Contrary: All…

In honor of Black History Month, we’ll hear about the highs and lows of the black experience in the Modern West.