With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...

What has been reported, leading up to June 19 being decreed a federal holiday in 2021, was that U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger ...

It's important for me to see all cultural institutions double down on their values,” said Multicultural BRIDGE founder and ...

W.E.B Du Bois was the first Black American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University in 1895 and became an important social ...

The Du Bois Freedom Center will host two programs exploring the life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois: "W.E.B. Du Bois — Making Way for Democracy" on June 21, and ...

With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their ...

For me, it has always been about questions of who I am, who I am becoming and how I am showing up in the world,” the artist ...

Prince Hall Freemasons are celebrating their history, focusing on community service and new generations of membership.

Educator Sherry M. Beasley read Kevin Sack’s new book about the history of Mother Emanuel and remembered the day after the 2015 church shooting when she cried in her classroom.

The exhibition at San Francisco's historic Fort Point connects today’s top artists with historical Black genius.

7 Today, as Ghana grows as a center for African American heritage tourism, Shirley’s contributions deserve recognition alongside figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and George Padmore. She helped ...

As the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard ... The audiobook release of the first volume of “W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race” is scheduled for June 17 ...