To mark this month’s opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, we interviewed folks visiting the National Mall about what they would like to ask the museum’s experts.

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 earning a medical degree ...

(NewsNation) — “African Americans and Labor” is the 2025 Black History Month theme, dictated by the Association for the Study ...

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 ...

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) The National Museum of African American History and Culture records state Bethune was a civil rights activist and educator from South Carolina and worked within ...