From Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the achievements of Black athletes have had a role in advancing civil rights.

On February 6, 2025, a statue of Frederick Douglass was unveiled at the Hall of Justice in Rochester. Positioned in the ...

By Bilal G. Morris, article courtesy of newsone.com “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man” – Frederick Douglass.  […] ...

Frederick Douglass, a native son of Talbot County and a leading African American abolitionist, writer, orator, and newspaper ...

In the dimly lit, subterranean galleries of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, some of this country ...

Men and women Grand Valley basketball players went up against Wayne State University. (Feb. 20, 2025) ...

"3 Summers of Lincoln" is the story of the three times Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass met in the summers of 1862, 1863, and 1864. Gabriel Greene, La Jolla Playhouse's Director of Artistic ...

Ann is a Jamaican-born, Ghana-raised, Southern Black-reared woman writer who continued to learn more about Westside Atlanta ...

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

1940—Smokey Robinson is born William Robinson in Detroit, Mich. He formed “The Miracles” in 1955 while still in high school. With his voice and poetry of song, Robinson led The Miracles as the group ...

In 1926, a week was dedicated to honoring the contributions of African Americans to the nation. This initiative, initiated by ...