There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Introduction -- I. Teams: 1. Cuban giants: black baseball's early sports stars / Leslie Heaphy ; 2. Smilin' Bob Douglas and the Renaissance Big Five / Susan J. Rayl ; 3. The Philadelphia Tribune ...

An archivist specializing in African American historical documents told a Lawrence crowd on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that ...

The legacy of the segregation of public schools in Texas by race remains a legacy in which the state is not — or should not be — proud. Texas, like many other U.S. states, primarily in the South, ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens. — -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens its doors today on the ...

On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor, thousands of Americans rushed to enlist in the military, driven by a sense of duty and patriotism. For African Americans, however, the path to service ...

President Donald Trump‘s latest remark about slavery has put renewed scrutiny on the Smithsonian museums, which are currently under internal review by the White House to “remove divisive or partisan ...

A new historic commemorative marker revealed in Huntersville over the weekend pays tribute to a school that taught African Americans during segregation, one of the last remaining such locations. The ...