'It doesn't look African' - challenging stereotypes at Tate Modern

But here at Tate Modern, her focus is African Modernism and Afro-Surrealism - movements she says are rarely spotlighted in ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, who witnessed more than a century of Black American history, dies at 111

Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...

The New History of Fighting Slavery

It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery ...

2026 Marks The 100th Anniversary Of Black History Month — A Brief History

Black Americans. What began in 1926 has grown into an overall cultural observance of Black History in February ...

SC Rep. Clyburn’s new book: history, a cautionary tale and a peaceful call to arms

Rep. Jim Clyburn’s book, The First Eight, tells of the first eight SC African-American congressmen and how they were forced ...

Jo Brown, first Black woman elected to Wichita BOE, dies

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita is remembering Josephine Brown, the first African American woman to serve on the Wichita ...
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Meet Roxanne Brown, the 1st African American and 1st woman president of the United Steelworkers

Roxanne Brown makes history as the first African-American woman elected as president of the United Steelworkers, representing a shift in labor leadership.
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How Black Americans Refused to Be Dimmed in 2025 and Why 2026 Will Be Even Better

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: Beyoncé accepts the Best Country Album award for “COWBOY CARTER” onstage during the ...
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Africa voices solidarity with Venezuela after US military operation targeting Maduro

African countries call for respect of international law following US capture of President Nicolas Maduro, Cilia Flores - ...

First Night Boston puts diversity and culture at center stage

Bundled in three layers, a red woolen coat, and a “Happy New Year” top hat sprouting streamers and twinkling lights, Lela ...
Atlanta Black Star on MSN

‘Aren’t Welcome’: White Arkansas Pastor Says He Doesn’t Know Whether Black People Can Be Saved and Go to Heaven

“In spite of what people say, the Bible doesn’t address Black people hardly at all,” KKK leader and Arkansas-based pastor ...

California’s place in enslaved people’s struggle for freedom

The end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance across the ...