Recent years have seen increases in both interracial adolescent romances and portrayals of young interracial relationships. What's the connection?

Jarena Lee was the first female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1836, she published her autobiography.

A new film tells the story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer who infiltrated the KKK in 1972. What was the context for this odd moment in history?

The first African American of either gender to publish a book of poetry has remained a controversial figure in the black community.

Double identity, present in both Marvel's Black Panther and in the critical race theory of double-consciousness, enables black American viewers to see their two identities played out on screen.

Mississippi Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was fatally shot in his driveway in 1963. His killer wasn't sentenced until 1994.

Alfred M. Butts first created a word game called Lexico (or Lexiko) for his family in 1931. His business partner renamed it Scrabble.

While the GI Bill itself was progressive, much of the country still functioned under both covert and blatant segregation.

A scholar analyzes two of Barack Obama's commencement speeches, using West African nommo oratory as a guide.

Dayton, Tennessee has a new statue of Clarence Darrow, the evolutionist and criminal defense attorney of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial.