Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Charlotte Museum of History will honor Black farmers in Mecklenburg History during the African American Heritage Festival.

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

Decades of 24/7 African American support wasn’t sufficient to many Jewish organizations and leaders. Now, to be authentic if ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

He sat with them for an hour in prayer. Then he pulled his gun out and started shooting. And today our national numbness is wrapped in a Confederate flag. The young man who killed nine members of ...

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

Library events: Leon County celebrates Black History Month with library events, resources ...