The discipline emerged from Black struggle. Now the College Board wants it to be taught with barely any mention of Black Lives Matter. On Wednesday evening, I spoke to Robin D. G. Kelley, a professor ...

Florida has drawn widespread controversy for rejecting an AP African American Studies course that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his administration claim “lacks an educational purpose” and pushes a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Whether their works are examining history, social justice, ...

Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian collections, illuminate the little-known role these artists played in chronicling 19th-century life Rhoda Goodridge in a 2 ¾-by-3 ¼-inch ambrotype ...

The exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture during its opening ceremony in 2016 Alan Karchmer / National Museum of African American History and Culture On a visit to ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a recent online ...

More changes are coming to the AP African American studies course after College Board officials faced backlash for removing topics from the class that were criticized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The ...

At high schools across the United States, students can take for the first time an Advanced Placement course in African American studies that addresses “the vital contributions and experiences of ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month. By Graham ...

In a rare new interview while promoting his performance in Zach Braff’s “A Good Person,” Morgan Freeman told The Sunday Times that he’s insulted by Black History Month and the term “African American.” ...