WASHINGTON, DC — The photo archives of Ebony and Jet magazines, a historic treasure documenting the Black experience for most of the 20th century,…
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By Ashley Benkarski JOHNSON CITY, TN — Tina Ford was driving with her boyfriend from Florida to North Carolina for…
By Rosetta Miller Perry Many Black communities across this nation celebrated Juneteenth this past weekend, recognizing the significance of the…
By Ashley Benkarski WASHINGTON CO., TN — The Ford family legacy is one for the history books, and that’s not…
Johnnie A. Jones Sr. was 24 years old and a future civil rights lawyer not yet graduated from college when…
Her desire for a second undergraduate degree was cut short after just three days when a mob of racists assaulted…
[Kevin Orlin Johnson, Ph.D., is the author of The Lincolns in the White House: Slanders, Scandals, and Lincoln’s Slave Trading…
By Chuck Hobbs Hobbservation Point To me, true courage is on display in the picture above, one that shows a…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is offering virtual…
The framing of slavery in American history textbooks long conveyed enslaved people as individuals in passive acquiescence of their stations…