Members of the last generation to live under unabashed Jim Crow are among voters in a historic presidential election that has ...

“A big part of carnival was the mimicking of enslaved people, white men basically would blacken their faces, put on tattered clothes and ... mocking African Americans became popular.

They attacked hundreds of homes to keep African American ... at the party's Atlantic City convention. SNCC member and MFDP founder Unita Blackwell was arrested some 70 times during the voter ...

T celebrates four talents across music, art and fashion who, through patience and perseverance, have transformed the culture.

Born middle class in Elmira, New York, Hilfiger co-established his first clothing store ... began saying that Hilfiger was exploiting African-American consumers by pandering to stereotypes ...

As the 1960s slid into the ’70s, we bonded in North Omaha at an architectural pileup named Technical High School. Moving from sixth to seventh grade brought us to the mammoth building, where junior ...

Now, some African Americans did learn to read and write secretly ... Ed Ayers: Some things the radicals and the moderates [in the Republican Party] can agree upon... "We've got to take care ...

The Year's Work in English Studies, The volume explores 1930s African American writing to examine Black life ... of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Communist Party of the ...

The African American Studies program is an interdisciplinary program examining African life and culture, both on the African continent and the diaspora. As a student, you will learn about the African ...

Jack O’Lantern Junction, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday, EnterTrainment Junction, 7379 Squire Court, West ...

On Saturday, the stunning Beyoncé shared some lovely snapshots on her Instagram of herself wearing a bedazzled grey suit and long, mermaid-style hair. Within the mother-of-three's bank of ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, we celebrate the birth of one of Hip Hop and pop culture’s most recognizable icons, Snoop Doggy Dogg. Uncle Snoop was born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. in Long Beach, ...