FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of ...

Maddie Oliphant was recently crowned the first African-American Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2025. The Hickory native is now prepared to spread her community service platform, Maddie’s Little ...

Notes from Queen Elizabeth II, Cab Calloway, and Grace Kelly lay pressed between the yellowed pages. In 1976, Bailey became the first African American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life ...

The excerpt above is just the start of this festive poem—be sure to read the rest of “The Christmas Holly.” And added a simple toy. One of the first African American women to be published in ...

Jacqueline “Jackie” Hunter is the new executive director at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. JIM SLOSIAREK Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook ...

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is now the target of a decidedly anti-Black president. Credit: Courtesy image Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black ...

Clarke Central High School is offering AP African American Studies for the first time in the 2024-25 school year while Cedar Shoals High School has been teaching the class since the 2023-24 school ...

Intelligent Diva is on the verge of making history as the first African American independent producer to release an AI-animated television series. Her groundbreaking work in The Sentinels sets a new ...

which is sponsored by African & African American Studies and Film & Media Studies in Arts & Sciences, and the African Student Association. It is funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council and the ...

For many Americans, Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. It precedes the frenzy of the consumerism, busyness, and attendant stress of the December holiday season, which is now upon us. Thanksgiving ...