Black History Through Reconstruction

Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), who are both running for president, have reportedly said they support reparations for black Americans affected by slavery.

New Textbook Makes Black History Relevant 365 Days Of The Year

It always seems like Black History Month is over before you know it. For just 28 days out of the year, the country is exposed to the rich history of Black folks beyond the two chapters they were taught in grade school: slavery and civil rights.

Lyft Offers Free Rides To Black-Owned Businesses, Cultural Institutions For Black History Month

Lyft is big on philanthropy. In the past, the company has teamed up to support several social good initiatives, including Chance the Rapper’s effort to better Chicago Public Schools and making it easier for Americans to get to polling places by offering free and discounted rides on Election Day.

National Trust For Historic Preservation Launches #TellTheFullHistory Campaign For Black History Month

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been at the forefront of trying to protect landmarks across the country that are embedded in the fabric of Black history and are integral parts of American history as a whole.

1619: 400 years ago, a ship arrived in Virginia, bearing human cargo

After having been kidnapped from their villages in what is present-day Angola, forced onto a Portuguese slave ship bound for what Europeans called the New World and stolen from that ship by English pirates in a confrontation off the coast of Mexico, “some 20.

Did Black Rebellion Win the Civil War?

United States history textbooks have long portrayed the Civil War as a clash between two armies of white soldiers, with the black enslaved people playing a passive role at the center of the drama. Political scientist Errol A.

Look at All These Monuments From Around the World That Honor Those Who Fought Against Slavery

When Haiti unveiled Le Negré Marron statue in 1967, it became a symbol for freedom of black people across the world. The sculpture is a reminder of the rebellion against the French that set the Haitians free.

Liberia: What a Constitutional Clause Reveals About Liberians' Ideas of Citizenship

In 1973 Liberia introduced its Aliens and Nationality Law. This, and the country's 1986 Constitution, allow only people of "Negro descent" - those who are black - to obtain Liberian citizenship by birth, ancestry or naturalisation. The 1973 law also banned dual citizenship.

From Slave to Millionaire Philanthropist: The Biddy Mason Story

On Aug. 15, 1818, a baby girl named Bridget was born into slavery in Georgia. She was sold as an infant to new masters who called her Biddy. When Biddy turned 18, she was presented as a wedding gift to Robert Marion Smith and his wife Rebecca in Mississippi.

The 19th century Kingdom of Hayti was the Wakanda of the Western hemisphere

Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther,” which recently became the first superhero drama to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, takes place in the secret African Kingdom of Wakanda.

Dakar’s Museum of Black Civilizations is a vital step for a people reclaiming their history

By in Dakar SenegalThe recent release of the groundbreaking study by Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and French historian Bénédicte Savoy calling for the restitution of Africa’s looted assets has sparked debates from the art historians of Paris and London to the museums and cultural centers o

MLK Day Special: Rediscovered 1965 King Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

AMY GOODMAN: Today is the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born 90 years ago this month, on January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated April 4th, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King was just 39 years old.

'There were black Confederates too': Bargaining with US history

In 2015, 21-year-old white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African Americans in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Photos of Roof draped in the Confederate flag littered a now-defunct white supremacist website.

A Reminder That Two Southern States Still Celebrate Robert E. Lee’s Birthday on MLK Day

On Monday, when the rest of the country is taking the day off in commemoration of one of America’s civil rights heroes, the denizens of two states will get a remarkable choice: You can celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Black Agency Launches #400YearChallenge With 60-Second Animation That Honor

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15 Black History Museums to Visit During Black History Month

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Black Chronicle Book Re-Issued For Historic 400 Year Celebration

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Museum Of Black Civilizations In African Wants Europe To Return Stolen Artworks

A new museum in Africa that displays artworks from across the African Diaspora opened earlier this month, but it’s missing important pieces that Europe plundered during the colonial era.

These Workshops Aim to Heal Haitian-Dominican Divides With Lessons on Their Shared History

It was a rainy Friday evening in November, but First Spanish United Methodist Church, commonly known as “the people’s church,” in East Harlem was filled with Afro-descendants, a majority with roots planted on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

How Native Americans adopted slavery from white settlers

Last week marked the 153rd anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865.

Born a slave, Lunsford Lane bought his freedom. Now North Carolina is honoring him.

As a young slave, Lunsford Lane glimpsed a path to freedom when he sold a basket of peaches and collected 30 cents — the first money he’d ever touched. Not long after that, he won a few marbles and sold those, too, adding 60 cents to his pile.

Southern Baptist report on slavery ties includes no reflection on racial equality today

"They did a very good job reckoning with the past, and a not-so-good job reckoning with the present,” a professor of history said.

A Former Plantation Begins To Tell A Fuller Story Of Slavery In America

Just outside Charlottesville, Va., the roads lose their markings as they wind through the woods, passing an occasional church, a cemetery and a plantation known as Highland, owned by America's fifth president James Monroe.

The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many Southern whites still believe otherwise?

In July, a 62-year-old white man named Frank Earnest, one of the country's most ardent defenders of Confederate monuments, traveled 200 miles from his Virginia home to Washington, D.C., and got in line at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Reparations for slavery are not about punishing children for parents’ sins

Justice requires a good memory, one that is both accurate and not self-servingly selective. But whether it is well-served by a long memory is more contentious. We know that many still pay the price for sins previous generations never paid for.

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 60 years on and the power of Africa’s universal English

“One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words,” thinks the colonial district commissioner to himself in the final chapter of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.

Common Brings Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon' to TV

He will adapt the long-unreleased book, about the last known enslaved person to survive the Middle Passage, into a limited series.

What a Danish slave trade castle in Accra revealed about Ghana’s history and my family

As a Ghanaian archaeologist, I have been conducting research at Christiansborg Castle in Accra, Ghana. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the castle is a former seventeenth century trading post, colonial Danish and British seat of government, and Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana.

The incredible quest to find the African slave ships that sank in the Atlantic

OFF THE COAST OF DAKAR, SENEGAL — The archaeologist rose in the bow of the speedboat, pointing to the choppy waters where the 18th-century slave ship had gone down.

Giving Tuesday: Contrary To Popular Belief, Black Folks Have Been Philanthropists ‘Since The Beginning Of Time’

African-Americans — despite finding themselves at the bottom rung of the nation’s economic ladder — are collectively among the top ranks of financial contributors to charitable causes.

Ghana: Slavers in the Family - What a Castle in Accra Reveals About Ghana's History

When Scotland hosted an abolitionist after profiting from slavery

Glasgow, Scotland - When abolitionist Frederick Douglass arrived in Scotland on a speaking tour in 1846 from the United States, 13 years had passed since Britain enacted the Slavery Abolition Act.

How Ghana made itself the African home for a return of the black diaspora

In a recently released music video, Fuse ODG and Damian Marley (Bob Marley’s youngest son) explore the themes of slavery, colonialism, black pride and modern day police brutality.

A trove of ancient cat mummies have been found in a 6,000-year old Egyptian tomb

Egypt’s latest archaeological find is a nod to the special attention ancient Egyptians paid to cats. The country’s ministry of antiquities says dozens of cat mummies and around 100 wooden, gilded cat statues were unearthed in recently discovered 6,000-year old Pharonic Age tombs.

First Wrecked Slave Ship Discovery Yields Brutal Details

The small, 340-ton São José-Paquete de Africa set out from Mozambique in December 1794. Even though the ship was no more than no more than 130 feet long (and

Colorado Votes To Abolish Slavery, 2 Years After Similar Amendment Failed

Colorado voters have approved an amendment to their state's constitution that completely abolishes slavery — by stripping out language that still exists in the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bans slavery and servitude "except as a punishment."

Slavery can no longer be used as punishment for a crime in Colorado after Amendment A passes

Voters have decided to remove the slavery exception from the Colorado Constitution with the passage of Amendment A. That means slavery and involuntary servitude can no longer be used as possible punishments for crimes in the state. The approval comes two years after a similar measure failed.

Trump’s Racist Ad Aims For The Willie Horton Effect, Explained

History was repeating itself with the release of President Donald Trump’s new dog-whistling political ad days before the crucial Midterm elections. It was reminiscent of the Republicans’ infamous Willie Horton spot that exploited white fear of Black men ahead of the 1988 presidential election.

AirBnB Is Tired Of Being Called Racist, So Here’s How They’re Trying To Win Black Folks

Airbnb has come up with a new policy change that it hopes will help the company win over users of color after months of racist complaints. RELATED: Can The NAACP Help Airbnb Hosts Become Less Racist?

A Moral Debt: The Legacy of Slavery in the USA

Journalist James Gannon has inherited a controversial family legacy - that of a clear descendancy from General Robert E Lee, who led the Confederate Army against the Union during the American Civil war in the mid-19th century.