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

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

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 ...

James and other Black characters code switch when white characters ... has historically bristled at being categorized in the genre of African American fiction, especially considering he has ...

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 ...

Junie' author Erin Crosby Eckstine wrote her new book to preserve her family's stories. Here's how it came to life during the ...

A love story doesn’t have to be cloying or predictable—and, when read by the right performer, the enchantment can be powerful ...

Enslaved griots were the originators of the tales of Bre’r Rabbit, sharing adapted West African fables after long days working. "This is Black history," says one historian.