black history month

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members at a get-out-the-vote event in 2020. Octavio Jones/Getty Images by Tamara L. Brown, University of North Texas In her speech at the...

“Judas and the Black Messiah” is an autobiographical drama that tells the story of Illinois Black Panther Party’s revolutionary Chairman Fred Hampton and the...

Statement by President Joe Biden on Black History Month This February, during Black History Month, I call on the American people to honor the...

By Donald James, Special to the Chronicle   Black Lives Matter – the organization, philosophy and movement - has been in the bright spotlights of the...

Quick: can you name three writers who are in the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame? Did you guess well-known writers like Pat Conroy or Carson...

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history...

The Georgia Archives and the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will host a time machine of the black...

Lecture by Dr. Greg Kimathi Carr on the "Life and Legacy of Carter G. Woodson" -- widely known as the "father" of the tireless...

Publisher’s Month In Review: The Chicago Defender Is as Strong as Ever Many African-Americans have asked the question, “Why do we celebrate Black History during the shortest month of the year?”  Good question!  There was much to do in Chicago this year, and the Chicago Defender tried to do it all!!! Here’s a recap of […]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Actress Gabrielle Union is taking aim at Stacey Dash after the Fox News contributor last week questioned the BET channel's existence...