WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

African-American society has begun to reflect this change. In New York, the Roman Catholic diocese has added masses in Ashanti and Fante, while black men and women from various Carib­bean islands ...

Why is there a disproportionate concentration of African American men in state and federal prisons? How are African American women portrayed in U.S. and world media? Find the answer to these and so ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

These pioneering and high-achieving athletes demonstrate that women and girls have ... for the Gold National Museum of American History Babe Didrikson postcard from the 1932 Summer Olympic Games ...

As an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Anthony traveled relentlessly, speaking out in favor of freedom for African Americans. She also campaigned vigorously to extend women's rights.