Philadelphians attend a meeting at Germantown’s Center in the Park on Feb. 25, 2025, to strategize a new Black agenda. Linn Washington Jr., CC BY-NC-ND A meeting
Source: Udo Salters Photography / Getty Nikki Giovanni is now an ancestor. So many of us who loved her are still struggling with that reality, while also understanding
Source: Udo Salters Photography / Getty Nikki Giovanni is now an ancestor. So many of us who loved her are still struggling with that reality while also understanding
Source: Express Newspapers / Getty UPDATED: 8:00 a.m. ET, Feb. 21, 2025 Today marks 60 years since Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965. He was only
Source: Dmytro Chernykov / Getty UPDATED: 8:00 AM EST February 20, 2025 In the intricate tapestry of racial epithets that mar American history, there exists one word that
Nat King Cole performs in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 1960. Ebbe Wrae/JP Jazz Archive/Getty Images Donna M. Cox, University of Dayton Six decades after Nat King Cole’s death
Source: gece33 / Getty Congratulations are in order for Judge Pamela R. Goodwine of Kentucky. The court official made history on Feb.18 when it was announced that she
Source: Universal History Archive / Getty The South Side of Chicago is the epitome of Black history. It embodies the fortitude of Black Americans who searched for a
These highways displaced many Black communities. Some Black activists are using mapping to do the opposite: highlight hidden parts of history. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
A 1902 portrait of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific
