Black women have long been at the forefront of history, breaking barriers, pioneering movements and shaping the world.

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as ...

April is often associated with spring and renewal, but it also powerfully reminds us of the struggles and triumphs within ...

Douglas, a beloved Island icon who sailed Vineyard seas aboard his tall ship Shenandoah, founded the Black Dog Tavern, and ...

Charles Burnett has been living with “Killer of Sheep” for more than half a century. Burnett, 82, shot “Killer of Sheep” on ...

Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

The Okahumpka Rosenwald School was one of thousands build across the rural South during segregation to educate Black children.

Right-wingers obsessed with declining birth rates, including Simone Collins—who wants a future of “genetically selected ...

It came at a time that I was open to writing my history down,” says the author of her new book, ‘Matriarch: A Memoir.’ ...

President Donald Trump poses an urgent threat to basic rights. So does the poverty that has flourished since long before ...

The night before I got on my knees and prayed. ... I prayed that everything was going to be ok. At 16 years old, you don’t ...