African American History

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

The College Board is administering a pilot program for the first Advanced Placement African American Studies course this Fall in around 60 high schools.We take a look at how the course will be taught and how we can benefit from better understanding the story of African Americans.

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the first Black student to graduate from Ohio State University. His name was Sherman Hamlin Guss and he graduated in 1892.

400 years ago, slavery officially began in America. It started with the sale of 20 humans in Virginia. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade…

400 years ago, slavery officially began in America. It started with the sale of 20 humans in Virginia. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade…

Four hundred years ago this year, the first African people were taken from their homelands and brought to colonial America – thus instituting slavery in…

The Southern Poverty Law Center has published a new study that shows students don’t learn enough about the history of slavery in America. Of the thousand…

African American soldiers have always been a significant part of our military history but their contributions are often overlooked. Countless men and…

February is Black History Month, a nationally recognized tradition that began in 1926. Schools throughout the country incorporate lessons of black history…