A creative reset of modern African history, including a volume focused on the diaspora, has been released in three books to ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

This exhibition honors the legacy of HBCUs as cultural and educational powerhouses,” said Shanita Brackett, acting director ...

Two interlinked but unfinished revolutions – one intellectual and one overtly political – have been playing a central role in Africa and the diaspora. Together they will help shape the trajectory of ...

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens. — -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens its doors today on the ...

As Black History Month approaches, the City of Las Vegas is preparing a robust calendar of events honoring African American ...

Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...

Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...

In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other ...