Born a free Black man in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Revels grew up to become an Episcopal minister and a recruiter and chaplain for regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. After ...

Each February the United States dedicates a month to honor the achievements, contributions and history of African Americans and to recognize the central role they have ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

Zeinab Badawi, the Sudanese-born doyenne of British broadcasting and president of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies, elegantly sips tea while I opt for a number of strong ...

On Feb. 23, 1971, James R. Ford made history when he won a seat on the Tallahassee City Commission, 100 years after the first Black men were elected.