“Black history is American history, and we should celebrate the accomplishments of Black people year-round—February should be ...

Much of our understanding of history comes from written accounts, but it is art and photography (and notably portraits) that really brings these people and events to life. Take the 18th-century ...

(The Conversation) – On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” – while they were being shipped to a plantation in ...

Filmmaker RaMell Ross may be a practitioner and admirer of visual art, but in cinema, he strives for the effect of poetry. “Reading poems, sometimes a sentence or phrase or the cumulative effect is so ...

What Is It: "Atlantic City: Portraits of a People" features pictures of six notable couples from the city. It was inspired by historic family portraits rescued from under an Atlantic City home by ...

The depiction of an enslaved Black child known as “Jersey” by celebrated 18th-century portrait painter Joshua Reynolds has long puzzled art historians, raising questions about the boy’s identity and ...

PHOENIX — She is part business owner, part teacher, and part creative genius. If you mix it all together, you get one fly girl! Kelvonnah Stidhum is the mastermind behind Fly Girl Prints, a collection ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. black-history-month-bulletin-board-portraits Thanks to decades of community activism, more educators than ever before are making ...