Born in Detroit, Smith grew up in Columbus, OH before heading off to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and then on to New ...

When Malcolm X came to Albany in January 1965, he was receiving death threats from two wildly divergent groups of extremists: white racists and Nation of Islam loyalists enraged that he had renounced ...

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

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The Greenwich Village townhouse has hosted many notable New York City artists, who have lived or worked here since it was ...

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Kofi Annan of Ghana becomes the first Black Secretary General of the United Nations. 1997—The notorious Robbens Island off the coast of South Africa, the prison that held legendary Black freedom ...

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Movie star Denzel Washington has taken on a new role after he received his minister’s license at a church service in New York. The actor, most recently known for his part in “Gladiator II,” was also ...

Richard D. Parsons, one of the leading corporate executives and crisis managers of his generation, who as chairman of Time Warner and Citigroup became a steadying pilot for media and financial ...