It has been 90 years since Ossian Sweet tried to move into his new home; since police stood by and did nothing as a mob threw rocks.

Harriet Tubman's known and lesser known accomplishments.

The 100th anniversary of Billie Holiday's birth.

 A new one-woman Broadway show puts Josephine Baker back in the public consciousness.

Alondra Nelson studies gender and black studies at the intersection of science and technology.

The origins of Black History Month date back to 1926, when a historian named Carter G. Woodson spearheaded “Negro History Week.”

An interview with scholar William P. Jones on labor unions, public employees, and race.