Juneteenth helped usher in the first generation of Black Americans who, like Woodson, was born free. “First Freedom: The ...

Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the ‘anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment’.

Join the African American Read-In at Shreve Memorial Library ...

The U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue stamp dedication to commemorate the life of Phillis Wheatley at the historic Old South Meeting House in Boston..

At MASS MoCA, multimedia artist Vincent Valdez spans two decades of searing portraits that confront cultural amnesia and recall Latino and Chicano histories.

Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, SC, honored the life of Black poet Phillis Wheatley on Jan. 30 with a commemorative USPS stamp and a day in her honor.

Trump has carefully removed the official White House portraits of Obama—and also George Bush—and put them in out-of-the-way ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama in 2018 tapped Sherald to do her portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

His work is dense with symbolism and layered narratives, often combining portraiture, spiritual imagery, and historical ...

Scientists studying Alzheimer’s in African Americans have uncovered a striking genetic clue that may cut across racial lines. In brain tissue from more than 200 donors, the gene ADAMTS2 was ...

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African American culture, history, and social values. Created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is a nonreligious and nonpolitical holiday. The celebration runs ...

The Palm Beach County commission has doubled down on preserving and celebrating African American history with new funding toward an $80 million Black museum development in West Palm Beach. The county ...