What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was ...

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 ...

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

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 ...

In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other ...

Education and Community is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...

Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...

The month of February should not be the end of the learning process for the year, but rather the beginning of a school year of learning. Dirk Shadd TNS This month gives us great pause to celebrate the ...

COLUMBIA — Like many things in South Carolina this year, the 2026 iteration of the state’s annual African American History Calendar is themed around the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. As ...