When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for Frederick Douglass on Saturday, it felt personal.

The week before Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s birthdays, Opera Lafayette — best known under founder Ryan Brown ...

Black historian Carter J. Woodson proposed a week to recognize the accomplishments of Black Americans, aligning it with the ...

It is painfully clear that President Donald Trump is attempting to whitewash America’s past. He is glossing over the worst ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris is to receive the NAACP 's Chairman's Award during the civil rights organization's Image Awards ceremony this weekend.

US Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on ...

Author, TV personality, and YouTube star Rich Benoit shares how he literally built his media empire from scratch.

Fairfax City got Black History Month off to a meaningful start with a special ceremony, Jan. 28, inside the City Hall atrium and in Council chambers. The evening began with a catered reception with ...

Years later, The Black Lives Matter movement inspired Lee to write the children's book she wanted so badly growing up. She recruited her best friend Megan Barr to hand paint the illustrations, and ...

Howard regained Research One status through the American Council of Education after previously losing the classification in ...

The Lamron discussed why Black History Month was February, the shortest month of the year. This year, I wanted to change the ...

When Grace Humphreys Rockafellow, 86,  was invited to participate in a reading of African American Literature, Renee Andrews, ...