This was the Golden Age of comic books, when Americans voraciously consumed stories about superheroes, determined detectives and thrilling romances - yet very few featured African American characters.

By analyzing the different forms of autobiography, including pictorial and personal essays, editorials, oral histories, testimonials, diaries, personal and open letters, and even poetry performance ...

Focusing on African Americans' experiences across the Asia-Pacific theater during World War Two, this book examines the interplay between national identity, the racially segregated US military culture ...

The all-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history. Nowhere else, neither in the Deep South nor ...

Mother and community organizer Aida Mariam Davis writes about the healing power of centering the Black and African experience ...

Inspired by a childhood memory, Dr. Margaret Hudson-Collins now owns over 200 African American Christmas items and ...

Though other guides for Black travelers existed, none were as long as the Green Book. For many African Americans, parts of Green Book-style planning and preparation endure to this day.

What to Do with Grass Clippings: 3 Ways to Put Them to Use Justin Jefferson’s 52-yard TD vs. Falcons provided funniest moment of NFL Week 14 Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old shield dropped by a ...

In many cases, the savvy African-American traveler turned to the Green Book to find a place to stay or eat or get other essential services. The traveler’s guide, now the subject of a major ...