The first African American to play the lead role in “Carmen” at the Sydney Opera House is shifting away from her roots to ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retiring Archbishop of Washington, D.C., will join Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark ...

The SC Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) administers the States’s historical marker program which was established in 1936, and is one of the oldest in the United States. This ...

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retiring archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the first Black Cardinal to serve in the United ...

From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...

The book fair is meant to inspire the next generation of readers by making books accessible to all while serving the need of ...

The Pythian Temple of Alabama was the first Black-owned bank in the state and eventually the second-largest Black bank in the ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

We offer both a major and a minor in African American Studies, focusing on the exploration of African American experiences. Our goal is to help you understand the rich history and culture of African ...