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

Juneteenth celebrations are known for the variety of programs and events that highlight African American history and culture. In the 1960s, students at Prairie View A&M ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus, Random House, 1,040 pages, $40 For decades, ...

For Mir and Garfinkle, America’s reversion to “orality” underlies much of today’s political dysfunction. In their telling, ...