When Quintard Taylor launched BlackPast in 2007, he didn’t realize attacks on history would make the site as necessary as it ...

The vendor, who declined to give his last name, said he saw President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at ...

An exhibition that tells the stories of African people who lived in the East End of London during the time of the ...

People populated other continents by moving ... The argument still remains largely unresolved to the extent that UNESCO's General History of Africa is somewhat cautious in its final analysis ...

They earned a fearsome reputation in the late 19th century when they inflicted the biggest defeat Britain had ever suffered at the hands of Natives. A young tribe that had grown quickly into a ...

Lesser-known history is coming to light thanks to an ongoing project involving a Lowcountry museum and library system.

Shining under the lights of Austin Public Library, panels of colorful beaded glass twist and flatten to reveal a patchwork of ...

In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a ...

Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2025 theme is "African Americans and Labor" with ... with the collective experiences of Black people.

Called “Godmother of African American Art,” Lewis was born in New Orleans in 1927. She grew up in Ponchatoula, La., returning ...

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving a country that in turn denied them their basic rights as citizens. Despite policies of racial ...