At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

The city of Philadelphia was founded over 300 years ago, but it wasn’t until the Gilded Age of the early 20th century that a ...

February is Black History Month, a time to earn more about the history of African Americans. It was founded by the ...

Some young children learned about following your dreams to find the right career, during an event at the African-American ...

Goodwin House Alexandria hosted a panel on Jan. 30, honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through the ...

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Since the days of forced removal from the motherland, displaced Africans have questioned the possibility of returning to ...

As Adair Boroughs, US attorney for South Carolina prepares to leave office, she looks back on a career that took her from ...

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In one of his timeless and memorable poems, Langston Hughes, author and poet of The Harlem Renaissance, asked the question: ...

His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept ...

We talked with filmmakers and a historian about the tragedy in Wilmington in 1898, who say it's important to look back and ...