This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations ...

For cultural scholar and author Imani Perry, a professor at Harvard University and the writer of Looking for Lorraine: The ...

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

The historian promoted Negro History Week as part of efforts to embed Black studies into the American education system.

It relates to the Green Book, a travel guide published from 1936-67 that listed hotels, summer camps, restaurants, hairdressers, and other services where Black travelers were welcome and would not ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so blue,” “black and blue,” etc.), in music (the blues) and ...

Readers of all ages can find much to appreciate in stories about Black Americans centering family, justice, history and resilience. “Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama” by Doreen Rappaport.

Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, Perry explores blue as a symbol of both hope and ...