What two bills would do: Assembly Bill 62 is a proposal to help victims of racially motivated eminent domain receive compensation, and Senate Bill 437 tasks the California State University system with ...

Warren Clay Coleman was considered “the richest Black man in America” in 1900 by opening the first Black-owned textile mill ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

PHILATELISTSIt all started in the early 19th century, when the postal system was, frankly, a bit of a mess. Back then, ...

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Built by former slaves, the mill was so famous that W.E.B. DuBois included pictures of the building in an exhibit at the ...

Black communities are diverse at many levels. Those with a long history in this country have established a legacy for the newer communities. The theme underscores that Black Canadians have a rightful ...

After the Civil War, many Black settlers found their way to southwestern Wisconsin where they successfully integrated and ...

There are countless examples of the ways that Black creativity in America has literally changed the world — from jazz, rock, ...

If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.

Cherokee Nation leaders hosted an event at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa on Feb. 11 to celebrate Black History Month ...