NHPR is honored to commemorate Black History Month with special programming reflecting on the African American experience. Tune in this February, Saturdays at 7:00 a.m.

Here’s what made these high school seniors sign up for an African American studies course—and what they’ve learned.

B eing Black in America is an honor and a privilege. Black people in this country have endured and overcome so much while simultaneously contributing to every aspect of America’ ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social ...

One of the main focuses of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s battle for our civil rights was to end the economic disparity between ...

The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the Alabama’s many raids ...

Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of ...

More than six decades after American minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the historic speech, ...