March 7, 1965 -- approximately 600 peaceful demonstrators approached the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. They had begun their procession less than a mile away at the Brown Chapel A ...

African American history is in the spotlight across Los Angeles, with six buildings having received historic-cultural ...

Black History Month is an annual observance which started in the United States to remember the important people and events ...

Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring Black resistance, political prisoners, and truth-telling in U.S. history.

Bureaucrats at the National Endowment for the Humanities cut checks to fund various liberal research projects as the Trump administration signaled its intention to cut diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

Historically, it has been difficult to build and sustain diverse activist coalitions—but they are uniquely impactful.

At the height of the Jim Crow era, Maine was a haven for Black tourists. While Maine didn’t legally enforce segregation like ...

An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit ...

Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era ...

National Black Business Month offers a valuable opportunity to acknowledge the crucial contributions of Black-owned ...

Smith has become a symbol of Black excellence and HBCU empowerment, most famously pledging to pay off student loans for the ...