What are your thoughts on the lack of Black History being taught in schools? @92qjamsbmore Cornell Willis It’s not up to the schools, it’s up…

Black History Fact: Hager Tucker In 1873, in an unusual move for that era, the city council hired Hagar Tucker, a former slave, as “special policeman” to the black community.  Tucker performed a difficult job successfully but was nonetheless let go within a year when the economy went into a tailspin. Tucker was the first […]

In spite of the endless attempts to erase Black history from the American dialogue, there are some truths that won’t stay buried.

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The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 to help foment wealth-building for nearly four million newly freed slaves. It closed in 1874.

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Cromartie already has 10 children with different women.

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Frances Cress Welsing, the Black author and psychiatrist whose 1991 work The Isis Papers; The Keys to the Colors introduced the world to the "melanin theory" and the "neuroses" of white supremacy, has died.

Despite its history, the area simply looks like a lot with masses of stones and a few scattered signs referencing the significance of the slave site.

A new sweatshirt collection depicts a world where "higher education celebrates Black voices and histories."

Milton Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. https://t.co/5SaFgJwSnV pic.twitter.com/k0cvK4SYsm — Dothan Eagle (@dothaneagle) November 18, 2015 Milton Crenchaw, one of…

CNN anchor Don Lemon, who has criticized Black Lives Matter and other activists for standing up for their rights, told The New York Times in…

Joel Fitzgerald, Forth Worth’s 1st Black Police Chief, Takes Charge https://t.co/T3kd6iGlhI pic.twitter.com/1rM4TVBtvC — Good Black News (@goodblacknews) October 26, 2015 History was made in Fort Worth,…

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One of Black history's most poignant heroes is finally getting justice after he was tried as a criminal for freeing slaves as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.