Katie Gatti Tassin writes about how a mother’s unpaid labor built capitalism—and how women still pay the price today.

A designer has created a concept car capable of driving on both water and land. Imagined by Bernardo Pereira, a student at ...

Gertrude Berg’s “The Goldbergs” was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.

1992: Chicagoan Bill Pinkney sailed into Boston Harbor having circumnavigated the globe all by himself, the third American ...

The For-Site Foundation, an arts nonprofit that hosts installations on national park land, will open “Black Gold: Stories ...

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College professor and activist Angela Davis is acquitted of charges that she assisted and conspired with the young men ...

Inventor Granville T. Woods dedicated his life to developing ... and industrial jobs before establishing a company to develop electrical apparatus. Known as "Black Edison," he registered nearly 60 ...

A Northern Virginia faith leader and parent said she will continue asking state lawmakers to make two African-American history courses count towards the state’s graduation requirements for history, ...

In contrast to national efforts to suppress Black historical narratives, Mobile is making deliberate moves to highlight its own history. Twice in the past month, the city has publicly acknowledged ...

In the 1930s, a small, rural town had two schools: one for students who were white, one for children who were not. The school for white kids was a modern gem, with indoor plumbing and heat ...