As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African ...

Baham leads a team of academics who have worked to return the 19 skulls back to New Orleans after more than a century of ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day celebrations was held by Black people to honor those who died in the Civil War. Here, we ...

Explore the history of Memorial Day and the African American contributions to the holiday. Learn about the true purpose and ...

Material history, including at places such as Nottoway, has messages for people studying Black history.

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Black Americans have been shaping Maine’s culture since the late 1800s, according to historians leading the tour.

From the late 1800s until the 2000s ... who did not embody their idea of racial perfection, such as Black people, Native Americans, certain immigrants, poor white people and people with ...

Baker compiled in the late 1800s and early 1900s to prove that Black ingenuity was the equal of any. Baker was an African American lawyer ... “Black people traditionally have a fear ...

The gravesite remains endangered, despite comprising of free and formerly enslaved Black people. Archaeologists have made the surprising discovery of intact graves at a seemingly desecrated Black ...