A six-part series on African-American history, by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his ...

Pinkster is among an array of lesser-known African American holidays, although historians say it is likely one of the earliest. As the broader U.S. population prepares to honor Juneteenth ...

On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of.

For more than 30 years, the SC African American Heritage Commission has taken a serious effort in preserving the rich African American History in South Carolina. The African American Historic ...

Karenga created the holiday in 1966 as an opportunity for Black Americans to reaffirm their African roots and strengthen their bonds in a time of racial unrest. Born in a time of racial unrest ...

The College Board reworked the recommended course material for its disputed Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, sharing an updated framework Wednesday that largely preserves the ...

The Society of African American Studies hosted Black Maternal Health: A Panel Discussion from 1-2 p.m., on Friday, April 21 in the Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A. A recording of the ...

Grim pieces of America’s history are on display at the Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum in Stratford, the first and only African American history museum in Connecticut.

At high schools across the United States, students can take for the first time an Advanced Placement course in African American studies that addresses “the vital contributions and experiences of ...