As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Camilla, Georgia's Black Mayor Kelvin Owens, Interim City Manager Cheryl Ford, and former Election Superintendent Rhunette ...

The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of ...

A Bold Act of Remembrance The first Memorial Day wasn’t created by Congress or a president—it was born from the determination ...

“Educators should teach Black History because it is American history. To understand history truthfully and accurately, it ...

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

I get this question multiple times a year— from Black people, in fact. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media company who has been doing it right for ...

African American hair braiding styles continued to be a vessel for pride and cultural preservation during the Reconstruction era and the years of racial segregation that followed. In times when ...

This spring, the National Park Service will unveil its list of proposed sites to commemorate Reconstruction ... African American men the right to vote. If you think you can dismiss the issues ...

Buildings in Charleston, Camden, and Columbia attest to the contributions of free African-Americans during the antebellum period. The years of Civil War and Reconstruction are remembered in places ...

Riley Center/Museum for African American History & Culture. "African Americans in Tallahassee: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era" is the theme of the multifaceted show that runs through the end ...