The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, ...

Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black ...

As millions watched Kendrick Lamar commandeer the Super Bowl Halftime Show, many viewer's thoughts lingered on the underlying political message behind his performance.

The power and intensity of her angelic chords seem so unlikely to be resonating from her petite frame. And yet, she stands ...

Community-based educational programs associated with Black History Month are a lasting example of this effort. Woodson advocated for the establishment of Negro History Week to ensure that Black ...

NORMAL — At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events. Johnson ...

Why a Black National Anthem? For white racists to say that there should be one national anthem, I say no to their argument. There is nothing wrong with having more than one national anthem.

James Weldon Johnson, the creator of the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” shares the story of being raised by a Black mother but also believing that he was as white as his ...