New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. A new law seeks to right some of the wrongs of ...

We sit down for a coffee with veteran Sudanese-British broadcaster Zeinab Badawi, who discusses the value of history and the ...

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in February go back a century.

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

Celebrating Black History in February and all year long is fundamental, writes. Black History is American History.

I remember in 7th grade, I had two African American teachers, one for English and the other for history, who challenged me in ...

Research volunteer Caroline S. O’Connell will share the story of Flossie Sinclair Furr, an African American school teacher ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named the theme for this Black History Month.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retiring Archbishop of Washington, D.C., will join Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark ...