Philadelphia native Edmond W. Davis is a historian, college professor and journalist. In this column he compares how ...

Will Black voters continue to have an opportunity to elect representatives of their choice, or will decades of hard-won ...

Lee Hawkins’ book shows exploring the connections between the past and present helps us understand the forces shaping our lives, and to find healing.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: We Did Well With What We Had: Remembering Black Life behind the Veil * Kin to Everybody: Childhood * Crossing Over into another World: Personal ...

Reparations and restitution are important aspects of restorative justice. This form of justice seeks to right the wrongs that have been inflicted upon an individual or population and to help in the ...

If the Black entertainment world is any kind of barometer of the state of Black America, something is amiss. Black athletes today are getting record NBA and NFL contracts. Black musicians like ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears ready to eliminate the last remaining safeguard of the Voting Rights Act in ...

Before Rosa Parks, there was a veteran riding on a bus through Durham who took a stand against racist Jim Crow laws - but he did not survive his action. Before Rosa Parks, there was a veteran riding ...

Polk State College had offered the Introduction to African-American Studies course at least since the 2018-2019 academic year ...

Off the tracks: race, gender, and the American railroad -- Ladies' space: an archive of Black women's railroad narratives -- A kiss in the dark: sexualizing Black female mobility -- Platform politics: ...