Their history is Brooklyn’s history, spanning from the borough’s era as a slaveholding capital in New York and through the ...

court decisions protecting free labor competition tended to help black workers in the relevant time period. I'm not going to argue that these are necessarily the three *best* books one can read on ...

Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis," celebrates the many Black artists who shaped Elvis Presley’s creative vision ...

Shavawn Simmons takes the fight against book bans personally, using her passion to fight censorship through literacy programs ...

I wish everyone could experience the magic we felt on that street,” said Dion Johnson, 53, a popular barber-stylist with a ...

Sisterhood and secrets in Pages of the Sea Black Boys Like Me is a book by Matthew R. Morris. (Viking, Anthony Gebrehiwot) Black Boys Like Me is Matthew R. Morris' debut collection of eight ...

Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

Birth is unpredictable. It is full of gore, fluids, wetness and screams. It flirts with death. Even today, with modern ...

Caroline NAACP Black History Month Celebration Monday, Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. Caroline Community Center (17202 Richmond Turnpike, ...