Muhammad operates the Torchlight Academy Black History tours year-round, especially during black history month and Juneteenth. He says the words etched in stone is a sign that delineates segregation, ...

Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St Louis MO and overcame many things in order to be a world famous published author.

Maya Angelou, a renowned novelist, actress, writer, poet, and civil rights activist, left behind a legacy and poignant pieces readers can revisit forever, with her work discussing identity, ...

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Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

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In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

The Recording Academy honors more than just singers and musicians. Comedians, politicians, and activists have also won Grammy ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...