The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...

One person scheduled to attend the Black History Month soirée in the East Room said it was a recognition of the pivotal role Black voters played in helping Trump secure a second term. Trump’s return ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to make life better for African Americans. We are ...

In what feels like the dwindling hours of this democracy, I’m painfully aware of the erosion of civil rights gains.

When local lecturer and historian Muqueedah Salaam first attended college as a young adult at Worcester State University, she ...

Educator and historian Carter G. Woodson was the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American ...

Tampa's 48th mayor, Julian B. Lane, played a role in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the first southern mayors to support ...

Discover the inspiring story of Isaac Myers, a pioneering Baltimore caulker and advocate for union rights, who fought for fair wages and equal opportunities for Black workers in the 1800s.

Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Reporting on four of the world's major conflict zones — Israel, Sudan, Ukraine and Haiti — was honored Monday with George Polk awards, one of journalism's highest honors. And one of ...