Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...

Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” ...

It’s tempting to overcompensate for the absence of Black history by teaching only perfect, pristine, and pure histories.

Here’s what made these high school seniors sign up for an African American studies course—and what they’ve learned.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s dismantling of DEI initiatives is going to worsen inequality for marginalized groups, according ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

Susan Paganini mixes old and new in her renovated condominium in the Claytonian building, photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 14, ...