And I feel like being a Black writer and telling these stories and spinning something where I'm like, oh, OK, this Black girl is going to go through all these things, but then at the end she survives.

She noted that Black Panther made his comic debut in 1966, while Octavia Butler’s writings covered a range of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. “We’ve always been here,” Sam wrote in an email.

This spring, the Met Gala in New York, one of the bigger fashion events of the year, will highlight the indelible style of Black men. The Met’s 2025 exhibition, titled “Superfine: Tailoring ...

Most of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities were founded between 1865 and 1900. “Since Blacks came to this country, education has always been number one,” Peterson said.