A predecessor of Jesus, St. John the Baptist is a prominent figure in Christianity. From baptisms on the River Jordan to ...

After three years in Memphis, I went to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School north of Chicago. I soon noticed there were fewer than ten Black students from the United States. I was very excited to be ...

The theme of the event was "African Americans and Labor," which focused on the various and profound ways that work intersects with the collective experiences of Black people.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, apostolic administrator of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the first and only African American Cardinal, observed Black History Month by serving as guest ...

Enslavers tortured our names, language, and culture out of us. Few of us can trace our lineage beyond the slave trade. A name ...

Augustana University and The South Dakota African American History Museum are working together to preserve African American heritage sites in Sioux Falls.

Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.

Filmmaker Margie P Hollins shows movie about destruction of Hadley Township in Missouri during Black history month ...

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan formed a branch in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1920 and nearly took control of the state in 1922.

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

I took a tour group to Alabama in 2015 to trace the American Civil Rights Trail, running in a triangle from Birmingham to Montgomery to Selma and back to Birmingham.