Inside the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at North Carolina Central University, you can find Montressa Hunter. "Growing up, I sought refuge in books. That was a place of solace for me," said Hunter ...

"Literacy is the root of education," said Kevin Watkins, president of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP. "You have to learn ...

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

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

February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.

Nearly 3,500 first-graders from 73 schools across Iowa will join the 19th African American Read-In hosted by University of Northern Iowa as a free, virtual event Thursday.

Hurston’s literature challenges students to think critically about gender, class, race, and cultural preservation. She ...

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

Long, Ph.D. More than 85 African American literature enthusiasts gathered at the Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin Library auditorium on ...

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.

It can be argued that even before the Harlem Renaissance, the concept of Black intellectualism was born right here in Atlanta.

What began as a small Harlem library addressing the needs of a changing neighborhood has grown into a world-renowned mecca ...