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 ...

To mark this month’s opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, we interviewed folks visiting the National Mall about what they would like to ask the museum’s experts.

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 ...

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

journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator Joseph McCarthy upended the nation Women Who Shaped History After earning a medical degree ...

Bunch III has never been afraid to address white supremacy. The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums and the ...

The museum, which hosted 1.6 million visitors in 2024, serves as a cornerstone in the preservation of African American history, a number of community leaders and organizations said in its defense.

Randy Moore will take over for current chief Vicki Christiansen in July, becoming the first African American to lead the Forest Service in its 116-year history Jason Hahn is a former Human ...

The third, the forthcoming American Women’s History Museum, named a new leader last year. Representatives for the African American Museum did not respond to a request for comment. Young and Brackett ...

Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders sharply rebuked Trump on Friday for his order, entitled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” ...

President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the ...