The inaugural edition of the Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) has come to a close, after welcoming an impressive gathering of over 10,000 visitors. Over four days, the festival, organised ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, "In Slavery's Wake" tells the international history of ...

Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award honoring an author or illustrator, ...

Dave Joens retires as Illinois state archivist after two decades, leaving a legacy of preservation and accessibility.

Two Nairobi women face colonial past in 'How to Build a Library,' working to revive three Kenyan libraries in disrepair. Read ...

Across New York, exhibitions highlighting the work of activists, from the mostly unknown to the iconic, offer hope, ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more.

Raise a glass to Black History Month at Metrobar’s Cheers and Beers tasting. The Black Brew Movement and DC Beer collaboration serves pours of 12 different beers from local Black brewers inside ...

Important studies like Black Americans and the Missionary Movement in Africa and Black Americans and the Evangelization of ...

Imani Perry finds room to improvise, to think on the page in what feels like real time. Her work walks a line between ...

Throughout history, Black women have faced immense challenges and systemic oppression, yet they consistently rise above ...