This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of ...

For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr's speech at Western Michigan University was lost. Then, in 1997, it was ...

For some historians who specialize in Malcolm X, it's a sign of a mainstream effort to dismiss complicated a nuanced civil ...

Several books have been banned by The Department of Defense at schools for children of service members, including actor Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry, a book that includes an interview from ...

Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History Month, ...

Colgate University hosted Jonathan Eig to give a talk on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. — “Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King” — on Tuesday, Feb. 11. In 2024, Eig ...

Malcolm X had been a public critic of King and rejected the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s direction on race relations.

Conservatives might be tempted to hold up Reagan as representative of a nobler era. They’d be wrong.

On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: ...

The history of America reflects people pursuing the reality of “… that all men are created equal…” Throughout our history ...

The Black Experience at Michigan State University” chronicles the history and impact of Black students, faculty and staff at MSU.