In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator Joseph McCarthy upended the nation Women Who Shaped History After ...

“I did not get taught a lot of Black history from school,” the marine biology student at Florida International University, 27 ...

In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which became a critical marker in African-American history. Given opportunity, black Americans voted and stood for office in numbers not seen since ...

Writer and activist James Baldwin played a pivotal role in championing ... See it in person from July 12, 2024 through April 20, 2025. National Museum of African American History and Culture ...

In the South, black fertility had a long history of being controlled by whites. Under slavery, African American women were ... popular comedian and activist Dick Gregory spoke for many when ...