Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order ...

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving ... However military leaders believed that African-Americans did not have the physical, mental ...

She collaborated with leaders and African American history makers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. In 2008, Barack Obama made history after he was elected as the first African American ...

Here are the top 5 most influential African Americans in USA history. Shutterstock Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. A leader in ...

Some say these changes are minor. I say they are surgical. They are subtle, yes — but profoundly damaging. As one historian ...

Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the ...

Black History Month is the annual celebration ... independent political initiative spearheaded by prominent African American leaders in Memphis, including Benjamin Hooks, Russell Sugarmon, and ...

The internal announcement, which has not previously been made public, came nearly two weeks before President Trump issued an ...

during Black History Month or as current events warrant—African- Americans have rightly laid claim to a unique identity. Such celebrations—their memorialization of the past—are no different ...

The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its ...

The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums and the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Bunch may be one of the few leaders in ...

As a student, you will learn about the African and African American experience from different perspectives including English, history, political science, sociology, and public health. We are committed ...