I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear. My family knows I love ― like, really love ― February, because it is Black History Month. My niece was working on a ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., made history this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, the church ...

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.’s family treasures have always been American treasures. Morris, 62, is the great-great-great-grandson ...

“When I get the chance to teach Black history it’s such a joy," said ... influential Black American of the 19th century. “Frederick Douglass would have been my great, great, great uncle ...

Douglass made history as the first black member of the congressional press galleries in 1871 as he reported for primarily ...

Inside the sanctuary on a recent afternoon, Lamar pointed to pieces of church history: the names inscribed in marble, the places marked in stained glass. Lamar is working on a book about Black ...

Despite the humor and subversion, Lamar sees the lawsuit as part of a long line of civil rights activism that has relied on ...

WASHINGTON — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to ...