Black writers like Charles Chesnutt had to contend with a dilemma writers today know all too well: give the audience and ...

Some books you read and forget within weeks. Others stick with you, maybe for a few months. Then there are those rare novels ...

Getting truly lost in a good historical fiction story is like stepping back in time. Between the fascinating details of ...

“The 1619 Project” is a frequent target of book bans and challenges around the country. But Nikole Hannah-Jones’ bestselling ...

"It's not enough to declare a month of recognition when the systems we rely on to repair justice are not themselves just," ...

Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding ...

The namesake of a new park, the Heuston family was part of a thriving free Black community that helped others flee slavery.

Program at Naper Settlement explores how messages conveyed through quilts guided runaway slaves through the Underground ...

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the ...

This Black History Month, spend some time with the New York Public Library's "100 Black Voices: Schomburg Centennial Reading ...

A Connecticut scholar’s upcoming book tells the story of a boy taken from his home in Africa and enslaved for decades before ...

On March 27, 1829, a wealthy white planter and businessman named Richard Fordham purchased four enslaved African Americans ...