After the Civil War, even as Reconstruction was failing across the United States, Black Americans in the South faced a choice ...

Twenty-four years ago, Stephanie Tavares-Rance and Floyd Rance had an idea to do a film festival focusing on Black stories ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

This past weekend was the 30th Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival, and for the past 30 years, the organizers and community members have been pushing their message, “We Are One. ” Acknowledging African ...

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black ...

Peggy and William’s seaside courtship is vital scenery infrequently dramatized in fictionalized histories. From the start, “The Gilded Age” has taken care to authentically depict Peggy’s narrative ...

In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality. If ...

The Labor Department's recent report is concerning because Black folks are often the first to be hit by economic downturns in the nation.

Today, as in the past, activists are raising their voices in protest of efforts to whitewash American history.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some ...

Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring ...

Saul Blair's efforts to reclaim land purchased by his great-grandfather a few decades after the Civil War has hit roadblocks, but he keeps pushing.