The expression ‘stay woke’ started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the past decade it has been used by ...
Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s ...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and others ...
ATLANTA — A rope was found hanging from a tree outside a Black history museum in downtown Atlanta, steps from Auburn Avenue, a historic corridor at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. The APEX ...
WIMAUMA, Fla. — Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19. The holiday marks the date that the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were alerted that slavery had ended more than two years ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The 47th annual Jubilee Festival wrapped up Saturday in downtown Columbia, bringing together hundreds of community members to honor Black history, culture, and resilience. Held at the ...
A white woman’s visit to the Roots 101 African American Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, went viral after she broke down in tears when Founder Lamont Collins placed heavy shackles on her wrist. A white ...
The Scourged Back shows enslaved man, Peter Gordon’s, scarred skin after an untold number of lashings. The Trump administration is rumored to have ordered the removal of a Civil War artifact that ...
We’ll never be able to truly understand the horrors our ancestors went through during chattel slavery in America, but one white woman is now going viral after an immersive experience at a local ...
Dan Moore Jr. addressed the rope found near the APEX Museum in Atlanta, calling it a deliberate act meant to instill fear and evoke racial trauma. Dan Moore Jr., president and CEO of the APEX Museum, ...
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s first Black history museum is going to be built in St. Johns County, and it now has $1 million from the state to get started. On Thursday morning, officials were ...