EDWARDSVILLE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation ...

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center announced the 30th Annual S.E. Manly African American Short Film Festival at Regal LA Live, marking the culmination of a successful year of events.

To succeed on the pilot AP African American Studies test, students will have to understand the concept of intersectionality, a way of looking at discrimination through overlapping racial and ...

A version of this article appears in print on May 25, 2023, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: 10 Words From the African American English Dictionary.

Colin Kaepernick, African art: AP African American studies reworked after controversy Florida education officials, saying the course "lacked educational value," rejected the class, but the course ...

Kwanzaa, a celebration honoring African heritage and African American culture, takes place from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. Each of the seven days represents a principle like unity, self-determination or ...

Rhea Carmon, the first African American poet laureate of Knoxville, is a mentor, a motivational speaker and a math teacher. However, she finds herself teaching valuable lessons through her poetry.

Williams says American history has been largely “romanticized,” and the AP course in African American Studies offers students a broader and more complete view of that history.

2. “I, Too” (1926) Inspiration and Themes: “I, Too” was written during the Harlem Renaissance, a time of burgeoning African American cultural and intellectual life. Hughes was inspired by ...

Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.