Travel
Sites commemorating the Underground Railroad and Indigenous American history exist throughout North America. Have you visited one yet?
Lifestyle
“The Kwanzaa Menu,” hosted by food scholar Tonya Hopkins, is the network’s first series centered around the seven-day holiday.
Black History Month
A once-abandoned cotton gin factory with history tied up in slavery is being renovated into apartments in Prattville, Ala.
Black History Month
Bolden's career in law was inspired by her great-grandfather, whose 1930s' death was deemed accidental after his lynching.
Black History Month
Louisville historian Walter Hutchins has passed away at age 91, the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage confirmed.
Women
Here's another in a line of “firsts” as she becomes the first woman — and only the second Black person…
Education
Charles Robinson, interim chancellor since August 2021, was elected as the University of Arkansas' first Black chancellor.
Black History Month
James Henry Conyers broke the color barrier when he became the first African American to enroll at the U.S. Naval…
News
Two Alabama high schools named after confederate figures will be renamed after a pioneering Black chemist and civil rights leaders.
Black History Month
"Mother" Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the 1921 massacre's last three survivors, celebrated her 108th birthday on Thursday.
Politics
Joe Tate has made history by becoming the first Black representative to serve as House Speaker in Michigan.
Black History Month
Alena Analeigh McQuarter made history as the youngest African-American to be accepted into medical school.