A historic Black school building in Powhatan County faces demolition Monday despite opposition from former students and local officials who believe the segregation-era landmark should be preserved.

More than 100 years after his death, Robert Smalls — a Civil War hero, educator and South Carolina politician — will be ...

President Donald Trump’s sit down with Liberian President Joseph Boakai took the world by storm after he praised the African leader for speaking “good English.” But what’s more jarring about Trump’s ...

If the Emancipation Oak could talk, it would surely have stories to tell about the promise of education and a woman who broke ...

American woman to hold the rank of sergeant major in the Army during 1972, had a community park in Edgewood named after her.

It is located in Warren, where it was once farmland. Detroit Memorial Park would not only become Michigan’s first Black cemetery, but it was also the state’s first Black corporation.

Mary McLeod Bethune's legacy emphasizes the importance of education in achieving progress and change for Black students.

Harvard University law and history professor Kenneth Mack provided an introduction to his lecture about African American law student Lloyd Gaines, who petitioned the Supreme Court when he was denied ...

Howard University and Google team up to help AI better understand Black voices. A major leap in inclusive tech from this ...

Dr. Wylin Wilson -- who studies the Black church and bioethics -- grew up in the “black belt,” a region now largely known for its struggling economy.

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

The mocking of immigrant detainees harks back to “the worst parts of our history” when similar jokes and tropes, such as ...