Historian and museum director Lonnie Bunch shows Scott Pelley a capital of the slave trade and explains why slavery is a story of strength in…

In New Jersey, lawmakers have recently introduced legislation that would require the state’s attorney general to review every death at the hands of law enforcement….

A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson’s vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Thomas Jefferson is often portrayed as…

When Hillary Clinton addressed the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists on August 5, 2016 in Washington, D.C., she…

In Brazil, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team has pulled off a historic feat, winning the team gold medal by the widest margin of victory since…

As a child, Congressman John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers from Pike County, Alabama, was turned away from his local public library—it was for whites…

See how your state is doing regarding the racial divide between blacks and whites. Read here

From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in…

A powerful message from a powerful voice. Very profound and an excellent point that needed to be made. Surprised it was given such little attention….

A U.N. official just spent 17 days traveling across the United States, and what a 17 days it was. As we’re accustomed to U.N. officials doing…

The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from…

Across the political spectrum, observers agree, “she nailed it.” During her speech she talked about raising her daughters under the spotlight of the White House…

The 38th Congress took action on one of America’s most enduring and vexatious issue on January 21, 1864 by passing the 13th Amendment to the…

As Donald J. Trump seeks to position himself as a “law and order” candidate, there are echoes of Richard Nixon, a candidate who sought to…

Leave it to an eighth-grader to explain a concept that many adults still struggle with. For a contest at his school in Atlanta back in…

We discuss the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge and the recent nationwide protests against police brutality with Cornel West. Cornel West is…

Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade call for action to stop gun violence. Watch the video here.

A common response to the outcry over police misconduct is to almost immediately blame the victim – he had a criminal record, he didn’t listen…

Bill speaks with scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad about white supremacy in America and the power of what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the “unarmed truth.”…

The Destiny of the People of Color, is part of a larger collection of the works of James McCune Smith, black intellectual and abolitionist, edited…

As has been poignantly said by many social observers and scholars, race is an integral part of America’s DNA. Below are some of what we…

An address before the literary societies of Western Reserve College, at commencement,  July 12, 1854. Touch the bottom of the document for additional pages.

In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States.  While the upcoming presidential election could be the first…

As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as “black rage,”…

The month of June marks both the birth and death of a key black figure in American history: James Weldon Johnson. This is a beautifully written…

Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people…

The archivist stumbled across the file in a stack of boxes on the second floor of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in…

On June 15, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting presented the Marlon Brando Award to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, and Sonia Sanchez. But before the…