Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor.

Texas colleges and universities are facing major pressure to reduce what conservative lawmakers see as "indoctrination" in the classroom.

Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman won her freedom after she got an attorney and filed a “freedom suit” under the 1780 State Constitution for Massachusetts.

Staunch segregationist M.M. Roberts will no longer be the namesake for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football stadium.

A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...

Rodney Coates writes about the issues Black Americans faced in education after they celebrated the end of slavery.

Questlove's latest masterpiece has critics and audiences falling in love with "The Elements" all over again. But the stories on the cutting room floor might be the best part of this music doc.

Kohen Wiley’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, disputed police claims that the car was driving toward the officer who shot her 1-year-old child.

ALT: Juneteenth: Celebrate Freedom

Black and white protesters attempted to desegregate a pool in St. Augustine, Florida. The owner dumped acid into the protester-filled pool in an attempt to force them to leave. Police officers eventua...

Protests erupt in Senatobia after one-year-old Kohen Wiley killed after police responded to report of shoplifting

In June 1966, James Meredith began his March Against Fear, defying racism in Mississippi and seeking to galvanize Black voter registration.

More than 100,000 students stayed out of school to protest inequality and segregation in Chicago, Illinois.

ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody.

ALT: Happy Pride LGBTQ+ Flag Animation

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for Terry Pitchford, a Black death row inmate in Mississippi, over racial bias in the jury that convicted him.

Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the highly influential newspaper, the Chicago Defender, with the tagline “American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed.”

ALT: Memorial Day: Remember and Honor

Alice Augusta Ball, a pharmaceutical chemist, was born in Seattle, Washington in 1892 to Laura and James P. Ball Jr. Her grandfather was J.P. Ball, the well known daguerreotype photographer and her fa...

Carter G. Woodson initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month.

Richard Campbell writes about how Ida B. Wells paved the way for civil-rights activists who came after her.

Brochures detailing the true history of the racist who killed Medgar Evers are available at his memorialized home in Jackson, Mississippi.

Since 2016, those who can prove their ancestors came from Africa have been able to get Ghanaian nationality.

Features Editor Nate Schumann discusses a recent incident in Philadelphia involving the federal censorship of “unfavorable” U.S. history.

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers about how the Trump administration has defended removing slavery exhibits at national parks.

News organizations, journalism leaders, legal experts and civil rights leaders reacted swiftly to the arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon.

Features Editor Nate Schumann discusses a recent incident in Philadelphia involving the federal censorship of “unfavorable” U.S. history.