In the late '50s, civil rights leader the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth felt the Birmingham campaign needed a boost.

BLACK ENTERPRISE curated a playlist of 8 Black songs that contribute to Black art and history and Black pride.

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

Meriwether’s long and dynamic career featured civil rights activism, public health leadership and investment in underserved ...

Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...

The six-part series, executive produced by Dawn Porter, premieres Tuesday, February 25, with two episodes airing back-to-back ...

The Los Angeles-based athleisure brand is donating proceeds from the collection to Williams’s museum. Cecil Williams in front of a museum display for his famous photograph in Orangeburg, South ...

We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (1977-2015),” the latest chapter of the groundbreaking documentary series that has long ...

On the last day of January, the day before Black History Month was set to begin, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete ...

Two notable Freedmen Conventions took place in North Carolina in 1865 and 1866, where scores of black men gathered at the ...