Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

Newport offered rare opportunities for Black prosperity and dignity during the Gilded Age. How much did the show get right?

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

African American leaders fought for integration rather than the development of separate Black institutions in the 19th century. The city's first permanent African American newspaper, the CLEVELAND ...

The words of these famous Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America Black poets you need to know There are so many types of poetry in the world, ...

A 6-3 Supreme Court majority avoided ruling on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

California Assembly Bill 7 aims to provide admission preferences to descendants of enslaved people, promoting higher ...

WORCESTER — The Portrait Project at Mechanics Hall was unveiled Thursday evening, revealing images of impactful 19th-century Black Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and William and ...

In “The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici” (Oxford; $29.95), Catherine Fletcher offers the first complete account of his life.