What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

Sanchel Brown, owner of the Rebearth, leads an Advanced Placement African American studies dance workshop Thursday, May 21, ...

When people think about Black history in schools, they might think of the new Advanced Placement African American Studies course that Florida’s education department banned. Or perhaps their minds go ...

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of the rich cultural heritage of African Americans, and a time to recognize the many contributions and sacrifices they made that helped shape the ...

A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. showcases 130 works by artists from 24 countries Shantay Robinson | Museum Correspondent Lois Mailou Jones, The Green Door, 1981, ...

Not only is it a reach to equate Nikole Hannah-Jones’ award-winning journalism project to the field of legal scholarship pioneered by civil rights activist and law professor Derrick Bell, if one were ...

I remember the first time I read the words of the Frenchman Charles Arthaud: “Inoculation, which will surely surprise you, is known and practiced amongst the Negres in some parts of Africa.” By the ...

Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...

Years ago, after visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., sociologist 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 Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can ...