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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

John Mercer Langston be­comes the first African American elect­ed to public office when he wins the po­sition of clerk of Brownhelm Township, in Ohio. Though not well known today, Langston was one of ...

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.

especially African Americans. From the Hamitic myth to polygenesis to the Scriptures by Paul, American religious leaders relied on an abundance of various interpretations of biblical history and ...