African American history

Edda Fields-Black, a Miami native and daughter of prominent Black historian Dorothy Jenkins Fields, has been awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for …

Before it was common for women, let alone Black and Native women, to be recognized as fine artists, Edmonia Lewis carved a …

In 1981, Dr. Alexa Irene Canady made history and then continued. That year, she became the first African American woman in the …

In May 1918, a wave of racial terror swept through Valdosta, Georgia, culminating in one of the most brutal lynchings in U.S. …

On a recent episode of the Vault Empowers Talks podcast, acclaimed scholar and author Dr. Joy DeGruy dropped a powerful truth bomb …

The life and legacy of Vivian Hewitt, a towering figure in the world of librarianship, education, and African American arts, continues to …

In an era when financial institutions routinely denied Black Americans access to home loans and business funding, one woman defied the odds …

A remarkable Black history discovery has been unearthed in Demopolis, Alabama, shedding light on the legacy of Black medical pioneers during the …

When the world told Elizabeth Evelyn Wright she couldn’t, she built a school anyway. Her unyielding spirit, resilience in the face of …