Maddie Oliphant was recently crowned the first African-American Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2025. The Hickory native is now prepared to spread her community service platform, Maddie’s Little ...

Notes from Queen Elizabeth II, Cab Calloway, and Grace Kelly lay pressed between the yellowed pages. In 1976, Bailey became the first African American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life ...

A new book will focus on South Carolina's first African American female physician. Authors Dr. Walter B. Curry, Beverly Aiken-Muhammad and Anusha Ghosh present the narrative of Dr. Matilda Evans ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is rarely honored, Black folks have taken it upon themselves to not only ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...

Jacqueline “Jackie” Hunter is the new executive director at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. JIM SLOSIAREK Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook ...

Vance is already on the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The Smithsonian’s museums include the National Museum of the American Indian, the African American Museum, the Museum of African Art, the ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under ...

Clarke Central High School is offering AP African American Studies for the first time in the 2024-25 school year while Cedar Shoals High School has been teaching the class since the 2023-24 school ...

Intelligent Diva is on the verge of making history as the first African American independent producer to release an AI-animated television series. Her groundbreaking work in The Sentinels sets a new ...

Order suggests aiming at what conservatives see as revisionist history Order singles out National Museum of African American History and Culture Order says Biden administration "pushed a divisive ...