In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history ... has written a powerful study of African chattel slaves sold at huge profit, on the eve of the Civil War, to brokers from New York ...

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving ... from the attitude in previous wars that black men were not fit for combat - during the Vietnam ...

Throughout America's history ... than the representation of Black Americans in the U.S. population since 2002, with peaks in 2002 and 2014. In 2020, the Black or African American population ...

especially since the 2020 death of unarmed African American man George Floyd. The event was the brainchild of Carter G Woodson, known as the father of black history. Born in Virginia in 1875 to ...

An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring a selection of films documenting the African American ... a 14-year-old Black boy named Emmett Till was murdered by two white men.

Ohio Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2024 theme is "African Americans and the Arts" spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had ...

Just as many pollsters predicted, Donald Trump scored record numbers of African-American votes last week — particularly among black men ... his own dubious family history, only a leader as ...

The first major twenty-first century history of four hundred years of black writing, The Cambridge History of African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the literary traditions, ...

Florida has approved controversial new standards for teaching African American history at the state's public ... curriculum includes teachings on how black people have positively influenced ...

Museums help expand public education about African American history ... exhibits about the 14-year old Black teenager who was murdered by white men in Mississippi in 1955. Emmett’s death ...