Until about 11 years ago, Grand Rapids did not have an African American history museum.

As debates over history and education intensify, the Smithsonian institution stands as an essential sanctuary for truth, ...

AAPG copy 39088019788785 signed by author, "To Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence, with admiration and affection." 1. Land of Their Ancestors. Ghana. Mali. Songhay. Other States -- 2. The African Way ...

Laurence and Audrey Ogletree, a driving force behind the establishment of the Center for African American History, Art and Culture, were honored by the City of Aiken on Oct. 18 when the upper ...

Beyond its beloved beaches and summer gatherings, Martha’s Vineyard holds generations of Black history. The African American ...

"Since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only-or even always the ...

Typochair (Chair, Chair),” an abstract artwork created by Folayemi Wilson, professor of art in the Penn State College of Arts ...

African Americans have long negotiated their experience within a hostile environment, and although this hostility has left a mark on African American literature, it does not totally define this genre.

(RNS) — Seeing handwritten works on law, theology, astronomy and other subjects challenges the narrative that enslaved Africans arrived in the US with little education or scholarly traditions. (RNS) — ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg invited veterans, their families and ...