Stacker used Census data and other sources to explore the history of Black Wall Streets and their legacy in present-day Black ...

A new picture book, based on Sam Cooke’s iconic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” is set to publish this year via Little Bee ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

A former U.S.A.I.D. worker talks with the columnist Lydia Polgreen about enduring the second Trump administration.

President Biden's lawsuit against Georgia's election system that he called "Jim Crow 2.0" is facing calls to be dropped by ...

For over a century Democrats have invoked states’ rights for their projects. Now they're doing it to ensure boys can compete ...

By Keith Stokes, special to What’s Up Newp. Originally published on Feb. 18, 2021 “If there was a watering-place in America where respectable, refined, and well-bearing-colored ladies and gentlemen ...

Called “Black Memorabilia” and “Black Americana” at times, blackface characters and apparel have had a long run in America. Now, the African American Museum is confronting their legacy head-on.

During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.

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Former governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus, died with history noting that this one white man stood up to the President of ...

Denny Hamlin tries to win his fourth Daytona 500 while defending race winner William Byron goes for a repeat, with 2024 NASCAR champion Joey Logano also among the star drivers in the field for the ...