history

Why aren’t our children exposed to the crucial contributions made by African-Americans toward the independence and…

You know... maybe we should all just go back to celebrating Black History Month by — oh, I don’t know — teaching…

I must say, I’m at least slightly conflicted about this one.

I don’t know a lot about white history.

Good news for HBCU’s comes as Howard University receives its largest donation in the college’s 153-year history.

“For 400 years, we have been told that black people are a problem. We are indoctrinated into this lie from the…

It’s 2019 and black folks are still making history with “first feats”—in entertainment, of all places.

The Virginia Theological Seminary, in what is being called a first for an institution of its kind, has set aside…

A newly uncovered speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1967 sounds curiously like the civil rights icon…

To commemorate the quadricentennial anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in America, we imagined what it…

A New Hampshire state legislator is under fire for insisting that “owning slaves doesn’t make you racist.” In a…

Four teachers in California decided to get cute and pose with a noose. Now, their bosses will decide if they, along…

For years, Cudjo Lewis was recognized as the last survivor of the U.S. slave trade. His life’s story was told in…

One of my earliest memories in life was the night Ronald Reagan was elected president because it was also the night…

Hello again, Racist Baby! What are you doing here?

More than 50 years after the death of two black couples who were mobbed, dragged, tied and shot 60 times by a group…

Dear White Boys,

When 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell captured Beyoncé for the September 2018 issue of American Vogue, it was a historic…

A new exhibit at a Washington, D.C., museum featuring an abridged version of the Bible sheds light on how Christian…

If there’s one movie I’ve seen a possible, actual, literal 1,000-plus times in life, it’s The Sound of Music. If you…