The last few years have seen a dramatic rise in attempts to erase African American history in schools. Efforts by conservative and racist politicians and activists to ban the teaching of critical race ...

An Atlanta attorney writes that "The recognition and teaching of historical facts, however inconvenient and depressing, should open minds, not close them, to achieving an enlarging sense of freedom in ...

Black history is not simply about Black struggle, or even Black excellence. It is knowing how we came to prevail and triumph amidst an institution that has continually fought against our inclusion and ...

Amid the backdrop of an imminent presidential election, geopolitical discord and tensions within our democratic republic, I take a moment to reflect upon Black History Month’s enduring significance in ...

In small Island communities, a surname could reveal your entire lineage, but in American cities, some light-skinned Black Islanders found work only by passing as white, a choice shaped by survival, ...

Now that pollsters are declaring President Joe Biden a “failure,” historians will reckon with too many economic signals rendering the prevailing narrative little more than media noise. From the ...