Despite continued exclusionary practices, Black Americans slowly but surely made their way into the workforce after the Civil War. With continued persistence and perseverance,...
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination not only further ignited the civil rights movement, but it also inspired students in the collegiate setting...
While the Civil Rights Movement continued to spread across the US and the feminist movement evolved, one group felt neither movement really addressed their...
After the shooting at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss reflects on past presidential assassination attempts and how Americans...
Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing her brother’s unlawful arrest...
Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with her best-selling books....
Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people...