Works from an environmental activist, a legal scholar, a renowned historian, and a debut novelist provide a range of paths to ...

During the 1970s, author and photographer Sarah Bird documented small-town Black rodeos in Texas. She turned that material in ...

Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.

New York’s House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former Congressmember Jamaal Bowman recently wrote books geared toward youth.

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

Just 25 years into the 21st century, the folks at The New York Times Book Review are recognizing some of their favorite ...

For those unfamiliar with Sewickley’s deep roots in Black history and culture, discovering them is like stumbling upon a ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens celebrated Black History Month with an informative and inspiring guest speaking engagement on ...

In 1949, as chef Lena Richard stirred steaming pots of okra gumbo and shrimp bisque on live TV in New Orleans, viewers across the city -- mostly white housewives and the few Black women who could ...

It’s a trend that’s been building for a few years now. Books by predominantly Black authors are being banned around the country. School curricula have been amended to skip the history lesson on ...

This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will ...