Henry Ossian Flipper was born on March 21, 1856, to enslaved parents and graduated in June 1877 from the U.S. Military ...

Open Wednesday through Saturday, the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center is one of Ohio’s few African-American history museums and among the nation’s most diverse ...

Return to Southampton County examines emancipation, United States Colored Troops service, and the unfinished struggle ...

This is the fourth and final in a series of articles by Michigan Advance throughout February celebrating Black History Month.

Jackson was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. before carving out his own place in the African-American struggle ...

Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was once home to a man named Samuel Jones who had to carry around a piece of paper to prove he ...

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

The Center for Africana Studies at Hopkins features Professor Juliet Hooker as a guest lecturer in the “‘You Have Never Known ...

I was born in the Southern USA, raised on sweet tea and front porch conversations, and I still live part-time in the South by choice. I love this place the way you love family — completely, honestly, ...

For the past several years in recognition of Black History Month, the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition and Greater Herkimer Lions Club have each donated a book to Herkimer County elementary and high ...

Under Reagan, the Black middle class was practically obliterated. Research done by Sonoma State University found Black Americans’ unemployment rate was 15.2 percent compared to 6.2 percent for white ...