Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

Edward “Ed” Boykin was Pittsburgh’s reigning king of ribs. Boykin’s Bar-B-Q restaurants are a chapter in our local culinary history.

Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Fifteen Cents on the Dollar” highlights the importance of understanding racial wealth disparities throughout U.S. history.

Candidates Masood Haqq, Andrea Holman, Camal Pennington and John A. Pettis Jr. are vying for a seat that represents ...

Iowa State University recognized George Washington Carver Day on Monday, holding a recognition program in the Memorial ...

It's not easy to talk about Edmond's past as a "sundown town" unwelcome to Black people. But Edmond is talking about it, and ...

Can we learn from the past? We must. Immediately after the Civil War, radical Republicans collaborated with President Abraham ...

Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa , a well-deserved honor for the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, ...

Slavery was gone, but it was replaced by tenant farming and sharecropping. Infrastructure was a long way from being restored. People were walking into new ways of life, new ways of making a living, ...

Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life experiences illustrate a determination to overcome obstacles and the transforming power of education ...