Barack Obama is 64! From his ice cream scooping days to his first proposal, check out 10 fun facts about the former president ...

Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa’s most intriguing and lesser-known countries, yet it’s rich in history, culture, and ...

Woodson believed that Black history was largely ignored in education, saying that African American contributions were “overlooked, ignored, and even suppressed by the writers of history ...

It was Woodson’s work as an African American scholar that led to the celebration, in 1926, of ‘Negro History Week,’ the precursor to modern-day Black History Month.

Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow’s state-run Africa Corps and requested payment for f ...

5. It’s a celebration of Black leaders One way to celebrate Black History Month right now is by learning more about prominent African Americans throughout history – such as Harriet Tubman ...

He's believed to be the first African American in the United States to use the legal system to gain freedom. 12. Ronald McNair: Ronald McNair graduated from North Carolina A&T State University.

ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, over two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation, enslaved African ...

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