African American History
Black Protesters Have Been Rallying Against Confederate Statues for Generations
When Tuskegee student Sammy Younge, Jr., was murdered in 1966, his classmates focused their righteous anger on a local monument
Activist Group Will Return Stolen Confederate Monument—After Converting It Into a Toilet
"White Lies Matter" had pledged to deliver the stone chair intact if the United Daughters of the Confederacy displayed a specific banner
How Los Angeles Plans to Preserve the City's Black Cultural Heritage
Just 3 percent of L.A.'s historic landmarks commemorate African American history. A new three-year project hopes to change that
Women Resistance Fighters of WWII, the Secret Lives of Ants and Other New Books to Read
These April releases elevate overlooked stories and offer insights on oft-discussed topics
How the Rosenwald Schools Shaped a Generation of Black Leaders
Photographer Andrew Feiler's years-long journey through 15 Southern states rescued stories of the fading buildings and the lives they changed
Meet Naturalist Graceanna Lewis, Who Played a Key Role in the Underground Railroad
One of the first three woman to be accepted into the Academy of Natural Sciences, Lewis left behind a legacy of science and soclal progress
Graves of Enslaved People Discovered on Founding Father's Delaware Plantation
A signee of the U.S. Constitution, John Dickinson enslaved as many as 59 men, women and children at one time
The Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen Soars on the Wing of This World War II Aircraft
The 80th anniversary of the first Black flying unit is a time to recall the era when military service meant confronting foes both at home and abroad
Decades Before the Civil War, Black Activists Organized for Racial Equality
Though they were just a small percentage of the state’s population, African Americans petitioned the state of Ohio to repeal racist laws
Who Were the Scottsboro Nine?
The young black men served a combined total of 130 years for a crime they never committed
New Project Reimagines the U.S.' First Antislavery Newspaper, the 'Emancipator'
A joint initiative from Boston University and the "Boston Globe" revamps a 19th-century abolitionist publication for 21st-century research about race
Looking Back at the Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 Years Later
Confronting the murderous attack on the most prosperous black community in the nation
The Unrealized Promise of Oklahoma
How the push for statehood led a beacon of racial progress to oppression and violence
How Alicia D. Williams Is Reviving Storytelling for Black Children
Williams wanted a different story for her daughter—and for herself. So, she set out to write it
How Thurgood Marshall Paved the Road to 'Brown v. Board of Education'
A case in Texas offered a chance for the prosecutor and future Supreme Court justice to test the legality of segregation
How Black Women Brought Liberty to Washington in the 1800s
A new book shows us the capital region's earliest years through the eyes and the experiences of leaders like Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Keckley
University Building Identified as One of the U.S.' First Schools for Black Children
The Williamsburg Bray School educated around 400 free and enslaved students between 1760 and 1774
How the Politics of Race Played Out During the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic
Free blacks cared for the sick even as their lives were imperiled
Another Long-Lost Jacob Lawrence Painting Resurfaces in Manhattan
Inspired by the recent discovery of a related panel, a nurse realized that the missing artwork had hung in her house for decades
Rare Birmingham Jail Logbook Pages Signed by MLK Resurface After Decades
Two sheets of paper from the Alabama prison where the activist penned a famous 1963 letter sold at auction for more than $130,000
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