Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, ...

A New York Times bestseller, “The ABCs of Black History,” is a rhyming book that attaches a concept, person, place and more ...

For nearly 200 years, HBCUs have educated Black Americans. Now, a new exhibition highlights special objects from five ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

I turned to W.E.B. Du Bois’ thoughts on the centrality of America’s color line when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Officer Jonathan Ross ...

African American history can be forgotten, overlooked and even scrubbed, but in Rochester, a project to reclaim what is lost ...

The Society Hill church, founded in 1791, is recognized as the nation's first African Methodist Episcopal Church and sits on ...

The celebrations in Norfolk started with a milestone for the Attucks Theatre, as an historical marker for the building was ...

An archivist specializing in African American historical documents told a Lawrence crowd on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that ...

It’s a history for the future, not just for the past,” said Charles Edward Johnson, 76, who helped spearhead the renovation ...

With the White House trying to whitewash the past, museums of civil rights activism keep us honest, protecting the US legacy ...

Discover the groundbreaking exhibition 'At the Vanguard' at the Smithsonian's NMAAHC, celebrating the legacy of HBCUs and their role in shaping American history.