Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.

This March marks the one-hundredth anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s birth, and between Savannah and Milledgeville, ...

Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

House of Bohannon CEO Shay Bohannon discusses her transition from radio to romance publishing, industry insights, and the ...

Called “Black Memorabilia” and “Black Americana” at times, blackface characters and apparel have had a long run in America. Now, the African American Museum is confronting their legacy head-on.

From Maya Angelou to Zadie Smith, five books by Black authors to read this February, as recommended by the Michigan Daily ...

The “Pachinko” author recommends four novels that present character studies of bold women making their way in changing times.

This 1813 text is one of the most famous romances in the English literary canon, with over 4 million ratings on Goodreads.

Since their founding in 1990, African American Read-Ins have become a Black History Month tradition at school and community gatherings nationwide.

The Jack Reacher creator on struggling with retirement, why he’s fleeing Trump’s America – and not giving a damn what critics ...

This Black History Month, the library is recognizing a milestone with the appointment of Bret G. Wilson as the first person ...