Throughout history, Black authors have played a pivotal role in shaping literature, activism, and social change. From ...

Rob Franklin's debut novel, 'Great Black Hope,' deals with the grief of those left behind by an overdose death.

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack.

Educator Sherry M. Beasley read Kevin Sack’s new book about the history of Mother Emanuel and remembered the day after the 2015 church shooting when she cried in her classroom.

Therein lies a clue, Sheila. Toad Hall, at least early on, was known, not for blues, but rather progressive country. Among ...

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One of the late Uriah Rennie's most memorable moments as a Premier League referee came in 2002 during a furious bust-up ...

If you Google the word polonicide you won’t find a definition for it. In fact, if you’re not a very astute student of World ...

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.” — Don Quixote, Cervantes I have lived ...

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

On military bases across the globe, books are disappearing from shelves. Posters of historical figures, like Frida Kahlo, are ...

Kyra Davis Lurie's 'The Great Mann,' a Black reimagining of 'The Great Gatsby,' combines a family story with a little-known ...