There's an ongoing attempt to erase knowledge of these atrocities and pretend as if they were just figments of Black folks’ ...

After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...

There was something about her body, but Mexican actress Eréndira Castorela couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Some casting ...

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is set to publish two books by actor and author Paterson Joseph. His middle-grade debut, TEN: ...

Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum is spotlighting the men and women who fought to end slavery but received little ...

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One of the earliest Memorial Day celebrations was held by Black people to honor those who died in the Civil War. Here, we ...

BANGOR, Maine — Maine is full of history. But one piece that often goes unrecognized is the role Black Americans and civil rights leaders played in building the state we know today. A walking tour led ...

Anthony Omene, creator of RZNWA Media, who had been amplifying the voices of those speaking out about anti-Black racism in Ukraine ... Soviet and African American history. In fact, under Lenin ...

May, like all months, is filled with moments critical to the history and movement of Black people. May produced several giants of “our story.” The month also witnessed groundbreaking court decisions ...

Instead of retreating from African American history because of Trump’s executive order, all educators should teach known and unknown Black history. “The first thing that educators must do to unearth ...

Omaha, Nebraska’s first female mayor, Jean Stothert, conceded in a major upset to the city’s first Black mayor, John Ewing Jr, CNN reports. History was made on May 13 after Ewing, the Douglas ...