According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost ...

The culture wars are heating up the stacks as more than a third of the books banned during the 2023-2024 school year featured ...

The Modern Green Book has helped over 2,300 Black businesses survive the pandemic and anti-DEI campaigns during the platform's five-year existence.

Celebrate Black Press Day on March 16, recognizing the history and significance of Black-owned newspapers in the United ...

Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...

Not likely, says a UCLA professor who traced the evolution of Black neighborhoods over 50 years.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven creators of picture book biographies highlighting overlooked female figures in history.

Visitors to the Library of Virginia can talk with authors about the history and culture of Appalachia, Black culinary history, a racially-charged court case set in 1960s Virginia and more during ...

(WIB) – Home to the school district with the largest percentage of Black children in Iowa, schoolchildren in the city of Waterloo, population 67,000, typically participated in an annual statewide ...

"There were a lot of Black settlements in the West, and a lot of people don't recognize it and don't know that story." ...

Elon Green’s telling of the life and death of the artist Michael Stewart is filled with heartbreaking echoes of the present.

Elvis, who was strongly influenced by and nurtured on Black music, was a part of the revolution that stood up against Jim ...