On a crisp autumn morning in 1908, an elegantly dressed African American man strode back and forth among the pin oaks, magnolias and silver maples of O’Fallon Park in St. Louis, Missouri. After ...
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
The oystermen knew Sandy Ground was a safe haven for them to have the freedom to work, learn and worship where it would not ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The weekend is upon us, and there are plenty of things to do and see across Kentuckiana. Here are a ...
Since 1976, every U.S. president, beginning with Michigan’s own President Gerald Ford, officially designated the month of February as Black History Month each year. Prior to a monthlong recognition, ...
Discover the Gregory School in Freedmen’s Town, a historic site and first African-American public school. Open for free ...
The event featured food, music and line dancing to celebrate the contribution of the Black and African American cultures.
I always enjoy quizzing kids on what they’re learning about in school. Nine times out of ten they tell me something that wasn ...
The critiques of figures like Garvey, Carmichael, Newton, and Baldwin remind us of historical patterns of resistance and ...
Many people came together on the first day of the Bossier Parish Libraries Black Author and Artist Expo to listen to a panel ...
February is Black History Month, a time to earn more about the history of African Americans. It was founded by the ...