Ameya Okamoto, Santana Walker, and Celeste Hampton—part of the Smithsonian's Nail Art Project. Photos courtesy of the ...

Despite policies of racial segregation and discrimination, African-American soldiers played a significant role from the colonial period to the Korean War. It wasn't until the middle of the 20th ...

Tallahassee State College has released its 25th annual Cherry Hall Alexander African American History Calendar, highlighting the achievements of Black individuals in fields ranging from the ...

Jeromyah Jones and his father, Jerome, came up with “I Am 400” back in 2019, creating a banner that commemorates 400 years of African American history. Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning star of ...

Brown, a four-star Air Force general and fighter pilot known as CQ, became only the second African American to serve as chairman. He will be replaced by retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a former ...

African American agricultural laborers have been critical to providing paths toward freedom, innovation and prosperity. (Courtesy Photo/Slavery Images) For African Americans, agricultural labor and ...

From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S ...

“Now we look at the cannon in a different way,” Schoelkopf said. Markets for African American artists of the era “have exploded,” he added, listing Edward Bannister (1828-1901), Robert ...

There are many voices and many stories in Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Adkins Arboretum’s ...

The work is a creation of Edosa Ogiugo, a foremost Nigerian painter, who is widely exhibited with works in public and ...

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick ...