Because of the above non-exclusionary, decent, humane and generous offer inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, our ...

Juneteenth helped usher in the first generation of Black Americans who, like Woodson, was born free. “First Freedom: The ...

For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States.

Virginia’s Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi (D) holds a PhD in poetry and selected five poems for fellow Democrats that brought her comfort over the past year.

Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...

Spurning the iconoclastic free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical ...