The legacy of Black voter empowerment continues from historic trailblazers like Ida B. Wells-Barnett to contemporary grassroots organizations like BLOC and Detroit Action. At a time when Black voters ...

Famed civil rights activist Marcus Garvey was once quoted saying, "A people without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots." From the Negro Leagues to the ...

This Juneteenth, Black folx will gather as we have for decades to celebrate ourselves, our ancestors, all we are, and the joy that abounds. Others will have a day off work and maybe do something ...

The eldest child of nine, born to former slave parents, self-taught and schooled amid coalmines rather than books. Under these conditions the Father of Black History, Carter Godwin Woodson arose, ...

IN THE 18TH AND VINE DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW, GRAND BOULEVARD IS CLOSED NORTH OF THE RIVER MARKET. IT’S PART OF THE STREETCAR EXPANSION. THE CLOSURE WILL LAST FOR TWO MONTHS, ALLOWING TIME FOR DEMOLITION.

Casper Augustus Ferguson, the first Black student at Boston College, graduated from BC in 1937. In the 10 years after Ferguson’s graduation, only six Black students earned a BC diploma. Ferguson was a ...

The local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists put a spotlight on the impact that Black journalists have had in Mississippi over time, even in the face of racism and discrimination ...

The celebration of Black History Month, which owes its origins to historian Carter G. Woodson, born in Virginia in 1875 to enslaved parents, serves as a critical moment to celebrate, but also to ...