As Veterans Day approaches, Dr. Frank Smith highlights the contributions of Black veterans, while others express concerns ...

Established in 1990, Black History Month was initiated by the National Black Clergy Caucus of the United States. November was ...

WIMAUMA, Fla. — Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19. The holiday marks the date that the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were alerted that slavery had ended more than two years ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Quintard Taylor, a prominent professor at the University of Washington and the founder of an online archive of Black history that reached curious minds across the globe, died Sunday at 76. His ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last summer, vying for the White House, Trump hailed himself as “the best president ...

ATLANTA — A rope was found hanging from a tree outside a Black history museum in downtown Atlanta, steps from Auburn Avenue, a historic corridor at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. The APEX ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Less than 24 hours after the last bit of street art was removed from St. Pete, the city’s “Black History Matters” mural has returned. Someone took to the street overnight ...

We’ve heard so many warnings in recent months about the rise of fascism in American culture, but do you remember the provocative words of Toni Morrison on the subject from three decades ago? They ...

GREENWICH — Dennis Richmond Jr. has been researching his family's deep roots in Greenwich since he was a teenager, spending countless hours in "the vault" at Greenwich Town Hall poring over old ...

No institution is above scrutiny, but the Trump administration’s planned overhaul could obscure the work of God in American history. When the National Museum of African American History & Culture ...