Black History

Two former residents of Idlewild, Michigan are joining forces to revitalize the historic Black community once known for its thriving businesses, schools, and cultural vibrancy through their TEEM Center initiative.

Over the years, numerous Black talk show hosts have made indelible marks on the industry, bringing unique perspectives and voices to the forefront.

Without notifying or obtaining consent from Bruce Tucker’s family, surgeons—acting with a medical examiner’s permission—removed his heart and kidneys following his death in 1968.

America has made significant progress since the era of segregation, but the Trump administration may be putting that progress at risk.

On Malcolm X's 100th birthday, here are five things everyone should know about the legendary freedom fighter.

There is a ghost roaming the halls of Pickens County Museum in South Carolina and his name is Willie Earle.

How do you get a whole race of people to uplift themselves after years of persecution? This was the very question Colonel Allen Allensworth asked himself before he embarked on one of the most important journeys in African American history: to build the first Black self-sufficient town in California.

From Mary McLeod Bethune to Booker T. Washington, here are seven Black educators who made an impact.

Nelson Mandela won the first-ever multiracial presidential election in South Africa on May 2, 1994.

Black people have been washing chicken, steak, and just about every other kind of meat since forever, but why?

Tariffs did far more than adjust trade balances throughout the 19th century. They stoked regional tensions and played a major role in unraveling America's troubling slavery system.

Jazz icon Duke Ellington was a key figure during the Harlem Renaissance movement.