A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing, part of a collection on homosexual African American men, was altered by social ...

In a positive start, portraits of queens line the walls ... that gave them a chance to enter the Union ranks. Many African ...

This photograph of the late "Divine One," nicknamed for her otherworldly voice, introduces visitors to an exhibition of 100 black-and-white photographs of African-American activists, artists ...

The Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of African-Americans ever to serve in an American war. There was a marked turnaround from the attitude in previous wars that black men were not fit for ...

The slave trade devastated African life. Culture and traditions were torn asunder, as families, especially young men, were abducted. Guns were introduced and slave raids and even wars increased.