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 University conferred six honorary degrees during Thursday's Commencement ceremony. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is known world-wide over as one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game as ...

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

No inter-minority partnership in U.S. history has been as productive — or as fragile — as the bond between Black and Jewish Americans. Together we helped dismantle Jim Crow and broaden this ...