The message prompted organizers to cancel the parade portion of the 207th Birthday Celebration of Frederick Douglass and ...

Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.

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

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

She served as president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC), through which she led efforts to purchase and restore the home of Frederick Douglass ... continues work on a ...

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

Foley Library's new collection features a handful of Black creators to give a different perspective on specific issues.

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

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

After the Department of Defense called "identity months" like Black History Month "dead," National Guard units reportedly ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of ...