In the ensuing months and years, arguments by African Americans who visited Lincoln—and the president’s willingness to listen—would change the course of history. While many historians and ...

To mark this month’s opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ... out of more than 30 extended the franchise to black men. Iowa and Minnesota did so in 1868.

A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing, part of a collection on homosexual African American men, was altered by social ...

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving ... from the attitude in previous wars that black men were not fit for combat - during the Vietnam ...

It seems like we’re headed in the direction where there’s even an attempt to deny that the institution of slavery even ...

Throughout history, African Americans have created a dynamic community and culture that flourished beyond the color line. Making Black America: Through the Grapevine celebrates those places and ...

With each passing day the assault on all things Black increases. Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can give more weight to Black history lessons ... between African Americans and their ...

Black jockeys from Kentucky Derby races past are immortalized in huge quilts meant to permanently stitch their place in ...

given that it was Black History Month. I understand the sentiment and concern — especially now. But I have always felt that we should teach African American history as what it is: U.S. history.

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving ... from the attitude in previous wars that black men were not fit for combat - during the Vietnam ...