When Lewis Diuguid began working at The Kansas City Star as a reporter and photographer, the newsroom was a very different place. With only a few Black employees on staff, he found himself part of a ...

In 1868, he was a delegate to the South Carolina convention charged with writing a new state constitution, which guaranteed freedmen the right to vote and their children the promise of free public ...

(As part of our centennial coverage of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, read about efforts to recover ... Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” By Azeen Ghorayshi The percentage of American children estimated to have autism spectrum disorder increased in 2022, continuing a long-running trend ...

A book fair aimed at showcasing Black authors and improving Black literacy took place in Charlotte over the weekend.

The Hollywood African Cinema Connection (HACC) is poised to make a significant cultural impact this year as it expands its festival to two dynamic and historic venues in Cape Town. With a promise ...

As we all know, "American Idol" has its contestants put their own spin on covers of famous songs. But this week, the standout auditions were arrangements we'd never heard before. The lack of a ...

Bernice Adekeye, a PhD candidate in Education, has won the 2025 Rebecca H. Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Prize to study Nigerian parents’ ...

The autism epidemic is running rampant,' he said today. 'One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. 'That's up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times ...