Most of the 45 men who have served as president were either indifferent to the ... free slaves who lived in states in active rebellion against the United States. It was a thunderclap, and Black ...

Any attempt to extricate black threads from the American tapestry will result in the entire fabric becoming undone.

Malik Obama, the half-brother of former President Barack Obama, is back adding fuel to his strained relationship with his famous younger sibling.

Our columnist talks with one of Black History Month’s modern-day keepers about the work it takes to remember the past – and ...

WASHINGTON DC’S NEWLY-APPOINTED AME BISHOP REGINALD T. JACKSON UNITES AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAITH LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, LEADERS FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND THE NAACP DEFENSE FUND, ...

President Trump’s executive orders call into question the future of teaching Black history in American schools.

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.