When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them ...

William Carney didn’t just carry the flag at Fort Wagner—he hauled the soul of a nation on his back through a storm of lead, and never let it fall.

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, ...

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

Tubbs' summer internship has become a teachable moment for the whole city. By Anjulie Rao Just east of the White River in ...

For Christian de Rezendes, the documentary has been a labor of love, one he didn't expect to grow so big and take so long.

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

It is open to the public and anchored by five 19th-century Urhobo wood carvings of warriors and royalty, one of which belongs to Lindemann’s private collection.

As with many other settlement schemes of the 19th century, this one ended in failure and Harris was back in Cleveland by the fall of 1862.

Early and 19th Century American literary studies explores the American experience through history, visual studies, philosophy, textual studies and race and gender theory.

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Newport’s African heritage history dates back to the 17th century. During the 19th century there are four vibrant African heritage churches within the Bellevue Avenue, Historic Hill and West Broadway ...