What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

The First African Baptist Church is the oldest black church in North America and first brick structure owned by African Americans in the state of Georgia ...

Black museums are more crucial than ever when it comes to teaching, learning and maintaining the authentic history of people of African descent. Institutions across the nation and beyond are working ...

In this book, Robert Harms presents African history as an ongoing dialogue between global forces and uniquely African developments. Africans did not merely bend before global forces, he contends; they ...

Wisconsin history is full of remarkable achievements by African Americans. Here are just a few in commemoration of Black History Month’s 50th anniversary.

Reign of Royalty, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. at the Frazier Extended Education & Cultural Enrichment Center, uses fashion, dance, music and ceremony to honor African kings and queens in Natchez and the Miss ...