Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was inhibited by the legacy of sharecropper education.

Relying on constructive input from six other educators across the country, I drafted and refined a thinking routine that I call the Sankofa Framework, named for one of the visual signifiers that the Akan people in West Africa use to represent philosophical guidance or inherited wisdom.

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students interdisciplinary training within key fields of knowledge ...

From Freedmen's Town to Emancipation Park, visit African American landmarks that trace Houston's Black history and culture.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens. — -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens its doors today on the National Mall. It includes 12 inaugural exhibitions and ...

With each passing day the assault on all things Black increases. Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can give more weight to Black history lessons Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can give more weight to Black History Month and empower ...

Before marble meant minimalism and stone became a staple of modern luxury, these materials shaped the rhythms of daily life across African design traditions. Carved into ancestral altars, grounding courtyard floors,