His grandparents and mother were born in Selma, Alabama, the site of the violence of the 1965 civil rights march that led to the Voting Rights Act. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where, within 30 yards ...
“The 1619 Project” is a frequent target of book bans and challenges around the country. But Nikole Hannah-Jones’ bestselling ...
As a social and political history covering two intersecting storylines for more than the length of the nation, it’s packed with incident and facts.
Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to recognize and teach Black history in the United States, and 50 years since ...
The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress. Eleanor Holmes Norton filed paperwork ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the ...
Celebrate 100 years of Black History Month and the ongoing fight for African American history. Learn about the legacy of ...
The 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement has filed paperwork ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights ...
As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good ...