That event is just one of many ways to celebrate Black History Month, which was launched in 1926 as Negro History Week, thanks to historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland, who wanted ...

Africa and Black Americans -- Captives transported, 1619-ca. 1850 -- A diasporic people, 1630-ca. 1850 -- Those who were free, ca. 1770-1859 -- Those who were enslaved, ca. 1770-1859 -- Civil War and ...

First Look: Wangechi Mutu’s “Black Soil Poems” at Galleria Borghese ... fluid narrative that challenges narratives of history, identity and time. By Elisa Carollo • 06/10/25 4:36pm.

Kyra Davis Lurie's 'The Great Mann,' a Black reimagining of 'The Great Gatsby,' combines a family story with a little-known part of L.A. history.

Some found the suggestion that McMahon wasn't aware of Ruby Bridges to be simply unbelievable. Born in 1948, McMahon would have been 12-years-old in 1960 when federal marshals escorted 6-year-old ...

Hayes brought up the fact that McMahon has defunded black schools, and grants aimed at helping minority communities. Slingshot News ‘You Don’t Even Know Ruby Bridges!’: ...

As the National Museum of the United States Army acknowledges, Black soldiers had served in America's military several times before the Civil War. For example, the 1st Rhode Island Regiment was the ...