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African-American history

On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., for the historic March on Washington for...

“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat...

“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to live his life in spite of what was done to him.” ~ Wilbert...

Three captive women were among the approximately 155 people accused of witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials...

In the firelit streets, captive Africans move as one—armed, resolute, and unbowed—turning a city built on their bondage...

The Soledad Brothers—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgoole, and John Clutchette—were three African-American men accused of murdering a Euro-American prison guard at California’s Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970. Authorities claimed the murder...