There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Florida’s dark history of abuse, neglect and systemic cruelty is not solely a Black narrative. It is a human tragedy. While “Nickel Boys” captures the unique horrors endured by African American youth ...

Cheyney University physics and chemistry Professor Edward Alexander Bouchet was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in ...

Black/African Americans of Santa Barbara County invite community members to join in celebrating the historical achievements ...

February is “Black History Month”, and people join together in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve their right to full independence in ...

William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure ...

As part of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence known as the Semiquincentennial to be celebrated on July 4, 2026, the library local history department has ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

It was inspired by the 1936 "Green Book," which compiled places where African Americans would be safe in Jim Crow South. While compiling the book, the preservation nonprofit's executive director ...

But organizers of the state-sponsored 24th Annual African American Cultural Celebration in downtown Raleigh say it’s more necessary than ever to celebrate Black History Month. William Hollowell ...

“We were sent on a course, a short course at the School of Oriental and African Studies ... A succession of American visiting professorships followed his retirement, at Harvard, Chicago and ...