The Baton Rouge African American Museum was founded and curated by Ms. Sadie Roberts Joseph, who opened its doors in 2001. Roberts’ vision was to showcase and educate the community on the ...

AP African American Studies arrived last year at 60 schools across the country, and this fall, it will be tested in roughly 800 high schools – twice what was originally planned – thanks to a ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.© Kayla Bartkowski Students wait in vain for food service at this F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, N.C., on April 20 ...

Back in January, Florida barred its schools from piloting an Advanced Placement course in African American studies. At the time, the state’s evaluators justified this decision with reference to ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.

This place–the International African American Museum–had to be here. No place in America has been untouched by the influence of people descended from the enslaved who began arriving in what ...