Edmonia Lewis was the first Black and Indigenous sculptor to achieve international acclaim. She was so popular in the 1860s and 1870s that her studio was listed in guidebooks and she maintained close ...

The Museum of African American History Boston campus is gearing up to host Cuisine & Creativity: An Afternoon of Lunch & ...

The name of Laila Edwards will be front and center in communities of color if the United States wins the gold medal in Olympic Women’s Hockey. Edwards, a defender from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is the ...

The free streaming platform Tubi has recently launched a new streaming channel exclusively for HBCU filmmakers. The new channel called “HBCU First Look,” will showcase more than 100 films by students ...

For community members, a listening session about the recently axed Parcel 3 development project was a chance to question the ...

Under the plea deal, Francis will pay back both the unreturned funds from the Small Business Administration loan and the ...

On Sunday night, New Edition returned home to headline “The New Edition Way” tour, a multiact show at TD Garden, joined by fellow R&B heavyweights Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton. The three-hour show ...

Jackson boldly ran for president twice in the 1980s, laying the psychological and political groundwork for a more conventional Black Chicagoan, Barack Obama, to seize the office two decades later.

Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., whose impassioned plea to “Keep hope alive!” buoyed Black America through transformative political, social and economic campaigns over a seven-decade career in public ...

Freed women sought comfort from the pain slavery inflicted and the economic hardships they faced through community networks that stemmed from the African American church. Black women relied on ...

Black history is not a footnote in America’s story. It is the backbone, the foundation, and the living pulse of this nation. For centuries, Black people have built, resisted, and persevered, yet too ...

Today, national leadership is making intentional efforts to turn back the hands of time. Policies that once expanded opportunity and inclusion are being dismantled. Divisive rhetoric is being ...