Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther ...

Gerald Norwood is a Wichita collector of "African Americana" — letters, legal papers and other artifacts of the black ...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Jessica Norwood, financial activist, ...

NHPR is honored to commemorate Black History Month with special programming reflecting on the African American experience.

When the 18th century church planter, evangelist and foreign missionary George Liele was imprisoned in Jamaica, he spread the ...

American students to attend an all white school in Brevard County. Not only was he a talent on the football field, but he was also the first African-American captain on a public high school football ...

Many prominent historical figures are from the Metro Detroit area. Here’s a list of prominent Black historical figures in ...

United States based Nigeria born events expert, Olasunkami Olanrewaju, aka Asiwaju Ola has related his recent rating by a US ...

This year marks 200 years since author Harriet Wilson was born in Milford. She is recognized as the first African American to ...

Sundance Film Festival features an exciting lineup of 14 films from filmmakers who identify as African American, of African descent.

Parkman was part of MLB Hall of Famer Derek Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation, as one of 10 students from Southwest Michigan in the ...

In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of ...