At just 27 years old Jewel Rodgers is making her name known across the poetry world and beyond using her art to push ...

In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute ...

Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, Dorothy Phillips had a goal to become president of the United States of America. While she hasn’t reached that goal, the former Midland resident and Dow chemist has ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

At this time, African-Americans had few rights, so Henry wanted to make sure that a few, at least, received some form of unofficial recognition for their contributions to society. This list is ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why it still matters.

As a native of Roxbury, the neighbourhood that's the beating heart of Boston's Black community, he's working to highlight the city's rich African American culture while also acknowledging Boston's ...

We offer both a major and a minor in African American Studies, focusing on the exploration of African American experiences. Our goal is to help you understand the rich history and culture of African ...

"The View" co-host Sara Haines suggested Monday that she and her co-hosts are out-of-touch with a large portion of the American electorate on immigration. Over the first weekend of President ...

And they both made territorial expansion a part of the national conversation, be it Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam then because of the Spanish-American War, or Greenland today. McKinley ...