In this lesson, students watch a clip from the episode Our Colored Heroes in which they learn about Needham Roberts and Henry Johnson, two African-American World War I heroes. They analyze period ...

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended the rights denied to them in ...

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.

His portrayals of African-American heroes have shown how black America has always been able to transform pain into something powerful. From turning James Brown’s tortured soul into music ...