Education
Bob Marley was reaching the pinnacle of his career when he was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer.
How do you get a whole race of people to uplift themselves after years of persecution? This was the very question Colonel Allen Allensworth asked himself before he embarked on one of the most important journeys in African American history: to build the first Black self-sufficient town in California.
From Mary McLeod Bethune to Booker T. Washington, here are seven Black educators who made an impact in the classroom and beyond.
Unfortunately, those with albinism—especially Black people—may encounter discrimination or mistreatment rooted in harmful myths.
How did political parties come to be in the United States? Let's take a look back at their unique history.
The Black Manifesto, spearheaded by SNCC executive director, James Forman, demanded $500 million in reparations from white churches and synagogues across the United States.
Lula “Mae” Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philly to own her own business, created one-of-a-kind and custom hats.
When you think of the first Irish people, you probably picture fair-skinned red heads…history and science says otherwise. Turns out, the first Irish were blue-eyed Black folks. Researchers say that the ancient genetics of Ireland reveal that the island’s earliest inhabitants— hunter-gatherers who arrived about 10,000 years ago (around 8000 BCE)—had dark skin and piercing […]
Filmmaker Sade Sellers is documenting one year with a four-generation Altadena family who lost their cherished home in the LA wildfires.
Over 200 years ago, what is considered the first mass protest meeting ever held in the U.S. by Black Americans took place in Philadelphia.
In this emotional interview one month before her death, Giovanni speaks about joy, Black liberation, art, and facing mortality.
In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans
