The little-known Opelousas Massacre of 1868 represented a pivotal turning point in the Reconstruction-era South. A white supremacist group in…
Sculptor of New York World’s Fair commission “The Harp” and Julius Rosenwald Fellowship- winning “Gamin,” Augusta Savage built community as…
Marie Vieux-Chauvet, author of the long-lost “Amour, Colère et Folie” and other novels, spent much of her life exiled from…
Legendary Musician Mario Bauzá, director of the band Afro-Cubans and composer of the 1943 smash hit “Tanga,” blended jazz with…
Anti-Apartheid Activist Winnie Mandela’s life was one of endless trials, as an outspoken opponent of white supremacy and the second…
Although hundreds of Black-run business communities existed in America in the early 1900s, Hayti stood out as the world’s largest…
Inventor and Entrepreneur Thomas L. Jennings became the first Black American to secure a patent in 1821 for his innovative…
The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) announced plans to award grants to 40 Black history sites and organizations through…
This Day In History: February 12th After a deadly race riot in Springfield, Illinois, turned the city upside down, activists…
This week, HBO premiered its new documentary, “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” documentary the struggle and success of…
The story of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier is well known to many. But he wasn’t the first black…