In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other ...
Local chef and civil rights pioneer Leah Chase died in 2019, but at the New Orleans Public Library, you still can watch her discuss the struggle for civil rights during the 1960s. That's thanks to an ...
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held its 99th Annual Black History Luncheon in Washington D.C. on Feb. 22. The gathering carries on the legacy of the ...
This year we selected writer Ta-Nehisi Coates as the top honoree on The Root 100, our annual list of influential and high-achieving African Americans. It was June when The Atlantic published his ...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and others ...
Spike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he's urging African Americans to reconnect with their ancestral roots on the continent. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee ...
Critics argue that boycotting businesses owned by fellow Black people, regardless of origin, diverts energy and resources from the larger struggle against systemic racism and discrimination. An ...
I don’t know why I was surprised when President Trump went after the Smithsonian Institution, in particular the National Museum of African American History and Culture — or as it’s more informally ...
This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On January 20, Christa Núñez, a 51-year-old Cornell Ph.D. student and mother ...
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