Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

From the Museum of the African Diaspora to two museums dedicated to the Black Panther Party, here are five institutions where ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American ... landed on the American Library Association ...