First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

Content by the Virginia Arts Festival. Find out what’s in store for audiences when the legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

In 1992 Mark Jaffe, as CEO established his GNYCC’s public and private sector’s year-round webinars, networking, conferences ...

Written By Lillien Cirino The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting social justice activist and best-selling author Tamika D. Mallory as part of its Women's History Month programming. Mallory ...

From the usher stare to the peppermint grandmas, take a stroll down memory lane inside the Black church only those who grew up in it would understand.

The year 1956 was a revolutionary one for Harry Belafonte, the multihyphenate artist known for his merging of popular culture and political activism. Belafonte grew from a career start as a club ...

Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins honored two exceptional African American leaders whose professional accomplishments ...

The dozen students in Leon Smith’s Advanced Placement African American Studies class were analyzing Countee Cullen’s conflicted emotions about his ancestral homeland of Africa in his poem, “Heritage.” ...

By Canisha Norris In 2023, Shareka Howard, along with her two daughters Shiann, 28, and Patrice, 16, started their ...

The Dallas Mavericks celebrated young North Texas artists whose work used Black history as inspiration. Students explored themes of unity and representation.